GRIB 2nd class torpedo boats (1906)

nearly sister-ship Dristig 1904

Names	Grib Jo Lom
Builders	MV Horten: Grib, Jo, Lom
Completed (launched)	1906: Grib (26.1.1905), Jo (10.7.1905), Lom (14.9.1905)
Losses	Grib (18.4.1940), Jo (18.4.1940), Lom (to Germany 9.4.1940, Eidechse)
Transfers	None
Discarding	None

Displacement normal, t

68

Displacement full, t

74

Length, m

36.2

Breadth, m

4.50

Draught, m

1.90

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 2 boilers

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

23

Fuel, t

coal 13

Endurance, nm(kts)

Armament

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

Complement

16

Project history: Enlarged version of Varg class torpedo boats with more powerful machinery and 23kts speed. One TT was placed on turning mount on an upper deck, second was immovable in a bow. To the Second World War beginning they have ultimately become outdated.

Modernizations: 1939, Jo: - 1 x 1 - 37/45; + 1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Naval service: Grib was scuttled by crew 18.4.1940 in the Lyngör-fjord at Aarendal. Jo was hardly damaged by German aircraft 17.4.1940 in the Lyngör-fjord at Aarendal, run aground and next day blown up by crew. Lom 9.4.1940 was captured by German troops at Horten and commissioned by Germans as Eidechse, after war in May, 1945 returned to Norway, immediately stricken and broken up next year.

ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

GRIB 2nd class torpedo boats (1906)

Displacement normal, t	68
Displacement full, t	74
Length, m	36.2
Breadth, m	4.50
Draught, m	1.90
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 2 boilers
Power, h. p.	1000
Max speed, kts	23
Fuel, t	coal 13
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 37/45 Hotchkiss, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 1 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	16