Gor 1905
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Gor | MV Horten | 1884 | 7.5.1884 | 1885 | captured by Germany 13.5.1940 | ||
| Tyr | MV Horten | 1887 | 16.3.1887 | 1887 | captured by Germany 20.4.1940 (Tyr) |
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Displacement normal, t |
273 |
|
Displacement full, t |
Gor: 290 Tyr: 278 |
|
Length, m |
31.3 |
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Breadth, m |
8.50 |
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Draught, m |
2.20 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VC, 2 boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
420 |
|
Max speed, kts |
10.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 22 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 750(10) |
|
Armament |
Gor: 1 x 1 - 263/27 RK L/30 C/84 No.2, 1 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 1 - 356 TT (bow) Tyr: 1 x 1 - 263/27 RK L/30 C/84 No.2, 1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 1 - 356 TT (bow) |
| Complement | 44 |
Project history: Coastal gunboats of so-called "Elswick" type.
Modernizations: 1914, both were converted to minelayers: - 1 x 1 - 263/27; + 1 x 1 - 120/44 Armstrong Y, 55 mines
1920s, Gor: - 1 x 1 - 37/20; + 1 x 1 - 76/28 Bofors
1920s, Tyr: - 1 x 1 - 57/40; + 1 x 1 - 47/46 Bofors
Naval service: Gor 13.5.1940 was captured by German minesweeper М1 off Bremanger and commissioned by Germans as auxiliary. Tyr was captured 20.4.1940 by German armed trawler at Uskedal, commissioned by Germans under own name, returned to Norway after war and immediately scrapped.
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