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ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

COASTAL FORCES

HAI fast attack craft (1945/1951)

Hai 1960

Names

P950 Sel (ex-PT606)

P951 Sild (ex-PT608)

P952 Skrei (ex-PT609)

P953 Snar (ex-PT610), 1955- Lyr

P954 Snøgg (ex-PT611), 1955- Knurr

P955 Springer (ex-PT612)

P956 Hai (ex-PT602)

P957 Hauk (ex-PT603), 1955- Laks

P958 Hval (ex-PT604)

P959 Hvass (ex-PT605), 1955- Delfin

Builders

ELCO, Bayonne, USA: P950-959

Commissioned

1945 // 1951: P950-959

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

1960: P952

1961: P950, 954, 959

1962: P951, 953

1966: P955-958

 

Displacement standard, t

38

Displacement full, t

61

Length, m

24.4

Breadth, m

6.30

Draught, m

1.60

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 petrol engines

Power, h. p.

4050 - 4500

Max speed, kts

41 - 43

Fuel, t

petrol 11400 l

Endurance, nm(kts)

500 (20)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 - 533 TT

Electronic equipment

SO or SCR-517A radar

Complement

17

Project history: Ex-USN "Elco' 80ft PT-boats. Four were transferred under MDAP in March 1951, and six more later in the same year.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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