STORM 1st class torpedo boats (1898)

nearly sister-ship Hval 1905

Storm 1940

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Storm			MV Horten		1.6.1898	1898	captured by Germany 9.4.1940
Brand			MV Horten		22.9.1898	1898	captured by Germany 9.4.1940 (Tarantel), returned 5.1945, BU 1945
Trods			MV Horten		14.3.1898	1898	stricken 1933

Displacement normal, t

83

Displacement full, t

107

Length, m

39.9

Breadth, m

4.80

Draught, m

1.10 fore 2.15 aft

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 2 boilers

Power, h. p.

1100

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: Brand and Storm 9.4.1940 were captured in Bergen by German troops. Former was commissioned by Kriegsmarine as Tarantel, after war end she was returned to Norway and BU in 1946. Storm 13.4.1940 has run to an underwater rock at Bemlo island off Bergen and sunk.

ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

STORM 1st class torpedo boats (1898)

Displacement normal, t	83
Displacement full, t	107
Length, m	39.9
Breadth, m	4.80
Draught, m	1.10 fore 2.15 aft
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 2 boilers
Power, h. p.	1100
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