Hefring 1940
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Wodan | Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven | 1877 | 1877 | discarded 1924 | |||
| Balder | Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven | 5.1878 | 1878 | 8.1879 | minelayer 1910, captured by Germany 5.1940, BU | ||
| Braga | Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven | 1877 | 1878 | 6.1879 | minesweeper 1913, river gunboat 1914, wrecked 15.5.1940 | ||
| Freyr | Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven | 2.1877 | 9.7.1877 | 11.1877 | scuttled 14.5.1940 | ||
| Heimdall | Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven | 1879 | 1879 | subsidiary service 1918 | |||
| Njord | Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven | 1878 | 1878 | stricken 1925 | |||
| Thor | Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven | 9.1876 | 31.3.1877 | 11.1877 | minelayer 1918, captured by Germany 14.5.1940 | ||
| Tyr | Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven | 10.1877 | 1878 | 11.1878 | captured by Germany 14.5.1940 (Tyr) | ||
| Vidar | 102 | Fijenoord, Schiedam | 8.1878 | 15.2.1879 | 7.1879 | minelayer 1915, captured by Germany 18.5.1940 | |
| Vali | 103 | Fijenoord, Schiedam | 1879 | 1879 | subsidiary service 1909 | ||
| Hefring | 107 | Fijenoord, Schiedam | 4.1879 | 16.9.1879 | 4.1880 | TS 1907, scuttled 14.5.1940 | |
| Bulgia | Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven | 3.1879 | 4.12.1879 | 10.1884 | minelayer 1925, sunk 12.5.1940 | ||
| Dufa | Rijkswerf Amsterdam | 1879 | 1879 | discarded 1913 | |||
| Hadda | Rijkswerf Amsterdam | 1879 | 1879 | 5.1880 | minelayer 1909, captured by Germany 14.5.1940 | ||
| Udur | Rijkswerf Amsterdam | 1879 | 1879 | TS 1903, subsidiary service 1914 | |||
| Ulfr | Rijkswerf Amsterdam | 1879 | 1879 | subsidiary service 1903 |
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Displacement normal, t |
264 - 280 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
27.8 |
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Breadth, m |
8.20 |
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Draught, m |
2.30 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VCE, 2 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
101 - 171 |
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Max speed, kts |
7 - 8.3 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 35 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
960(6) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 283/20 Krupp No.1, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 1 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss |
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Complement |
34 |
Project history: Gunboats of so-called "Rendell" type. From the middle of 1920th they were used mainly on the rivers on the German-Dutch border. One of the oldest combat ships in the world, still were in commission to the Second World War beginning.
Modernizations: 1890s, Bulgia, Dufa, Hadda, Hefring, Udur: - 1 x 1 - 283/20; + 1 x 1 - 283/27 Krupp No.2
1908, Wodan: - 1 x 1 - 283/20; + 1 x 1 - 120/37 Krupp No.1
1909, Hadda; 1910, Balder; 1915, Vidar: - 1 x 1 - 283/20; + mines
1913, Braga: + mechanical minesweeping gear
1914, Braga: - minesweeping gear
1918, Thor: - 1 x 1 - 283/20; + 1 x 1 - 149/37 Krupp Nr.5, mines
1925, Bulgia: - 1 x 1 - 283/27; + mines
1920s, Braga: - 1 x 1 - 283/20; + 1 x 1 - 120/37 Krupp No.1
1920s, Freyr: - 1 x 1 - 283/20; + 1 x 1 - 75/37 Krupp Nr.3
1920s, Tyr: - 1 x 1 - 283/20
1920s, Hefring: - 1 x 1 - 283/27; + 1 x 1 - 120/37 Krupp No.1.2.3
Naval service: Braga 15.5.1940 ran aground on river Waal and subsequently was broken up. Freyr was scuttled at Amsterdam 14.5.1940; raised by Germans, in September, 1944 scuttled as breakwater at Den Helder; raised again and broken up in 1947. Hefring was scuttled at Amsterdam 14.5.1940; raised by Germans 23.9.1940 and then, under one source, used as guard ship, but under another one was broen up. Tyr was captured by Germans 14.5.1940 on river Waal and commissioned by Kriegsmarine as auxiliary minelayer under own name; she was abandoned in 1945 and broken up after war. Bulgia 12.5.1940 was sunk by German aircraft; raised by Germans 31.7.1940 and BU.
Thor was captured by Germans at Den Helder 14.5.1940 and sunk by British aircraft at Vlissingen in February, 1941. Balder, Hadda and Vidar were captured by Germans and broken up.
Hefring
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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