DJERV 2nd class torpedo boats (1897-1898)

Dristig 1904

Names	Djerv Kvikk Dristig
Builders	MV Horten: Djerv Frederikstad Mekaniske: Kvikk, Dristig
Completed (launched)	1897: Djerv 1898: Kvikk, Dristig
Losses	Djerv (2.5.1940), Kvikk (to Germany 11.4.1940, KT2), Dristig (2.5.1940)
Transfers	None
Discarding	None

Displacement normal, t

44

Displacement full, t

66

Length, m

34.5

Breadth, m

3.80

Draught, m

1.70

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 2 boilers

Power, h. p.

650

Max speed, kts

19

Fuel, t

coal 13

Endurance, nm(kts)

Armament

2 x 1 - 37/45 Hotchkiss, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 1 x 1 - 450 TT

Complement

21

Project history: The increased variant of Varg class, had bad seaworthiness and insignificant endurance, but served very long.

Modernizations: ~1927, Djerv, Dristig: - 1 - 450 TT, 1 x 1 - 450 TT; + mechanical minesweeping gear

1931, Kvikk: - 1 - 450 TT, 1 x 1 - 450 TT

Naval service: All boats were converted to patrol boats in 1931. Dristig and Djerv were formally stricken in 1927 and can used also as minesweepers. Kvikk was captured by German troops at Kristiansand 11.4.1940 and commissioned by Germans under number KT2. In May, 1945 she was returned to Norway and immediately scrapped. Djerv and Dristig were scuttled by own crews at Kvamsö in the Sogne-fjord 3.5.1940.

ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

DJERV 2nd class torpedo boats (1897-1898)

Displacement normal, t	44
Displacement full, t	66
Length, m	34.5
Breadth, m	3.80
Draught, m	1.70
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 2 boilers
Power, h. p.	650
Max speed, kts	19
Fuel, t	coal 13
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 37/45 Hotchkiss, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 1 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	21