| HNoMS Æger (1894) | |
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Æger HNoMS Æger. Note how large the 21 cm gun is compared to the overall size of the vessel. | |
| Career |   |
| Name: | HNoMS Æger |
| Builder: | Karljohansverns Verft Naval Yard, Horten |
| Launched: | 17 May 1894 |
| Commissioned: | 1894 |
| Decommissioned: | 1932 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Rendel gunboat |
| Displacement: | 413 long tons (420 t) or 420 long tons (427 t) [sources disagree] |
| Length: | 33.22 m (109.0 ft) |
| Draught: | 2.36 m (7 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion: | 350 hp (260 kW) engine |
| Speed: | 9.8 knots (11.3 mph; 18.1 km/h) |
| Complement: | 43 |
| Armament: |
• 1 × 21 cm (8.3 in) gun • 1 × 10-pdr 7.11 cm (2.8 in) QF gun • 2 × 4-pdr 5 cm (2.0 in) QF guns |
| Armour: | Deck: 38 mm (1.5 in) |
For other ships of the same name, see HNoMS Æger.
HNoMS Æger was a Rendel gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Horten Naval Yard in 1894, as the last of the 2. class gunboats. Larger than the other, older 2. class gunboats, Æger had a 38 mm (1.5 inch) armoured deck.
She was known as Padda ("The Toad") due to the way she looked, and was kept in the fleet until she was decommissioned in 1932.
For such a small vessel, just over 33 meters long, she carried a very large gun, comparable to battleship guns of the era.
References[]
- Naval history via Flix: KNM Aegir, retrieved 13 Feb 2006
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