NB19 Tarantel 1940
Names |
(588) NH... (ex-Hval) (589) NK04 Kürassier (ex-Delfin) (79) NH... (ex-Storm) (80) NB19 Tarantel (ex-Brand), 1942 - V5519 Tarantel (83) Admiral Deinhard (ex-Laks) (84) NM16 Balte (ex-Sild) (85) NH03 (ex-Sael) (86) NH01 (ex-Skrei), 1942 - V6501 |
Builders |
Schichau, Elbing: ex-Hval, NK04 Kürassier Marinen Hovedverft, Horten, Norway: ex-Storm, NB19 Tarantel, Admiral Deinhard, NM16 Balte, NH03, NH01 |
Launched - commissioned |
1895 - 1896 // ---: ex-Hval 1895 - 1896 // 11.1940: Kürassier 1.6.1898 - 1900 // ---: ex-Storm 22.9.1898 - 1900 // 9.1940: Tarantel 31.10.1901 - 1902 // 1940: NH01 25.9.1901 - 1902 // 1940: NH03 30.7.1900 - 1901 // 8.1940: Balte 12.7.1900 - 1901 // 4.1940: Admiral Deinhard |
Losses |
never commissioned: ex-Hval, ex-Storm (latter ran aground 14.4.1940 before commission) |
Transfers |
Norway, 5.1945: ex-Hval, NK04 Kürassier, Tarantel, NH01, Admiral Deinhard |
Discarding |
fate of NH03 and Balte is unknown |
Displacement normal, t |
German built: 84 Norwegian built: 80 |
Displacement full, t |
German built: 94 Norwegian built: 107 |
Length, m |
German built: 39.9 Norwegian built: 40.0 |
Breadth, m |
German built: 4.80 Norwegian built: 4.90 |
Draught, m |
German built: 2.15 Norwegian built: 2.10 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 water-tube boilers |
Power, h. p. |
German built: 1000 Norwegian built: 650 |
Max speed, kts |
German built: 17 Norwegian built: 17.5 |
Fuel, t |
coal 17 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 37/42 Hotchkiss, 1 DCR (6) |
Complement |
23 - 32 |
Project history: ex-Norwegian torpedo boats. Hval, Delfin, Storm, Brand and Laks were captured 9.4.1940, Skrei sunk 8.5.1940, Sæl 18.4.1940 and Sild 5.5.1940, all three were salvaged by Germans in 1940.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: All except Hval and Storm were returned to Norway in 1945 and immediately broken up.
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