HAUK 2nd class torpedo boats (1904)

nearly sister-ship Dristig 1904

Names	Hauk Falk
Builders	MV Horten: Hauk, Fallk
Completed (launched)	1904: Hauk (3.6.1902), Falk (26.6.1902)
Losses	Hauk (9.4.1940 to Germany, Krokodil), Falk (14.4.1940 to Germany, Qualle)
Transfers	None
Discarding	None

Displacement normal, t

62

Displacement full, t

73

Length, m

34.9

Breadth, m

4.40

Draught, m

1.60

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 boilers

Power, h. p.

750

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

coal 12

Endurance, nm(kts)

Armament

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

Complement

16

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

Modernizations: 1931, both: - 1 - 450 TT, 1 x 1 - 450 TT; + mechanical minesweeping gear

Naval service: Both ships were reclassified to patrols with minesweeping capacity in 1931. Falk was captured by German troops at Tonsberg and commissioned by Germans under name Qualle. Hauk was captured by German troops 9.4.1940 at Horten and commissioned by German Navy as Krokodil. Both were retroceded in May, 1945, never commissioned, immediately stricken and broken up next year.

ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

HAUK 2nd class torpedo boats (1904)

Displacement normal, t	62
Displacement full, t	73
Length, m	34.9
Breadth, m	4.40
Draught, m	1.60
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 boilers
Power, h. p.	750
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	coal 12
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 37/45 Hotchkiss, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 1 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	16