LAKS 1st class torpedo boats (1900-1901)

nearly sister-ship Hval 1905

nearly sister-ship Storm 1940

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Laks			MV Horten		12.7.1900	1900	captured by Germanu 9.4.1940 (Admiral Deinhard), returned 5.1945, BU 1945
Sild			MV Horten		30.7.1900	1900	scuttled 5.5.1940
Sæl			MV Horten		25.9.1901	1901	sunk 18.4.1940
Skrei			MV Horten		31.10.1901	1901	scuttled 8.5.1940, returned 5.1945, BU 1945

Displacement normal, t

83

Displacement full, t

107

Length, m

38.5

Breadth, m

4.80

Draught, m

1.10 fore 2.15 aft

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 2 boilers

Power, h. p.

1150

Max speed, kts

21

Fuel, t

coal 17

Endurance, nm(kts)

Armament

2 x 1 - 37/45 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 450 TT

Complement

23

Project history: The design of Schichau was created on the basis of German torpedo boat S67. By 1940 survived ships made about 17.5kts.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Laks 9.4.1940 was captured in Trondheim by German troops and commissioned by Germans as Admiral Deinhard. After war she was returned to Norway and BU in 1945. Sæl 19.4.1940 was sunk by two German MTBs in Hardangen-fjord. Subsequently she was salvaged by Germans and after repair commissioned as NH03. Sild was scuttled by crew 5.5.1940 at Svane island. Subsequently she was salvaged by Germans and commissioned as Balte. Skrei was scuttled by crew in the Frej-fjord at Kristiansand. She was salvaged by Germans and commissioned under name NH01. After war she was returned to Norway.

ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

LAKS 1st class torpedo boats (1900-1901)

Displacement normal, t	83
Displacement full, t	107
Length, m	38.5
Breadth, m	4.80
Draught, m	1.10 fore 2.15 aft
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 2 boilers
Power, h. p.	1150
Max speed, kts	21
Fuel, t	coal 17
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 37/45 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	23