ØRN 2nd class torpedo boats (1905)

nearly sister-ship Dristig 1904

Names	Ørn Ravn
Builders	MV Horten: Ørn, Ravn
Completed (launched)	1905: Ørn (8.12.1903), Ravn (18.12.1903)
Losses	Ørn (to Germany 9.4.1940, Schlange), Ravn (18.4.1940)
Transfers	None
Discarding	None

Displacement normal, t

68

Displacement full, t

73

Length, m

34.5

Breadth, m

4.40

Draught, m

1.60

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 2 boilers

Power, h. p.

850

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 To the Second World War beginning they have ultimately become outdated.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: None.

Naval service: Ravn were scuttled by crew 18.4.1940 in the Lyngör-fjord at Arendal. Ørn 9.4.1940 was captured by German troops in Horten and commissioned by Germans as Schlange, after war in May, 1945 was returned to Norway, immediately stricken and broken up next year.

ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

ØRN 2nd class torpedo boats (1905)

Displacement normal, t	68
Displacement full, t	73
Length, m	34.5
Breadth, m	4.40
Draught, m	1.60
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 2 boilers
Power, h. p.	850
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