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ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

OSLO destroyers (1945-1947)

British sister-ship Comet 1945

Begren 1960

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Oslo (ex-Crown) 1950- D303   Scotts, Greenock, UK 1/1944 19.12.1945 4/1947 stricken 1966
Bergen (ex-Cromwell, ex-Cretan) 1950- D304   Scotts, Greenock, UK 11/1943 6.8.1945 9/1946 stricken 1.1967
Trondheim (ex-Croziers) 1950- D305   Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK 10/1943 19.9.1944 11.1945 stricken 5.1967
Stavanger (ex-Crystal) 1950- D306   Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK 1/1944 12.2.1945 2.1946 stricken 1.1967

 

  

Displacement standard, t

1710 - 1730 nominal

Displacement full, t

2510 - 2535

Length, m

103.5 pp 110.6 oa

Breadth, m

10.9

Draught, m

4.34 - 4.39

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

40000

Max speed, kts

36.75

Fuel, t

oil 588

Endurance, nm(kts) 4675(20)

Armament

Trondheim: 4 x 1 - 114/45 QF Mk IV, 1 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors Mk VIII/IX, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (35 DC)

others: 4 x 1 - 114/45 RP.50 Mk V, 1 x 2 - 40/60 RP.50 Mk V, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (35 DC)

Electronic equipment

type 275, type 291, type 293 radars, type 144Q sonar

Complement

186 - 222

Project history: British "Cr" class destroyers transferred to Norway before completion.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

Trondheim 1953

 

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