NORDKAPP fishery protection vessels (1937)

Senja 1945

Nordkapp 1950

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Nordkapp			MV Horten		18.8.1937	1937	stricken 1956
Senja			MV Horten		25.8.1937	1937	captured by Germany 9.4.1940 (Löwe), returned 5.1945, stricken 1954

Displacement standard, t
243

Displacement full, t
275

Length, m
39.8

Breadth, m
6.55

Draught, m
2.29

No of shafts
1

Machinery

2 Sulzer diesel-generators, 1 electric motor

Power, h. p.

830

Max speed, kts

13.7

Fuel, t

diesel oil 30

Endurance, nm(kts) 3200(11)

Armament

1 x 1 - 47/46 Bofors, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement
22

Project history: Purpose built patrol ships, could be used as survey ships.

Modernizations: by 1946, both were armed with 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk V, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 DCR(12)

Naval service: Senja was captured by German destroyers in Ufut-fjord 9.4.1940 and sunk by British aircraft in Narvik after three days. Subsequently Germans could salvage Senja which after war has been returned to Norway.

Nordkapp 1937

ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

FISHERY PROTECTION AND COAST GUARD SHIPS

NORDKAPP fishery protection vessels (1937)

Displacement standard, t	243
Displacement full, t	275
Length, m	39.8
Breadth, m	6.55
Draught, m	2.29
No of shafts	1
Machinery	2 Sulzer diesel-generators, 1 electric motor
Power, h. p.	830
Max speed, kts	13.7
Fuel, t	diesel oil 30
Endurance, nm(kts)	3200(11)
Armament	1 x 1 - 47/46 Bofors, mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement	22