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Handed back to Norway after VE Day: Norway; Name: Tordenskjold: Acquired: 1945: Fate: Scrapped 1948: General characteristics as built; Class and type: Tordenskjold-class coastal defence ship: Displacement: 3,858 long tons (3,920 t) Length: 92.66 m (304 ft 0 in) Beam: 14.78 m (48 ft 6 in) Draught: 5.38 m (17 ft 8 in) Propulsion
Balder (1946–1959) In German hands from 1940 to 1945. Rebuilt to frigate in 1948. [1] Tor (1946–1959) In German hands from 1940 to 1945. Rebuilt to frigate in 1948. S class Two vessels on loan from the Royal Navy Svenner (1944) ex-HMS Shark Torpedoed and sunk on D-Day, 6 June 1944) Stord (1943–1959) ex-HMS Success
The list of shipwrecks in July 1945 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1945. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
6 July – Norway declares war on Japan. 25 July – Gerhardsen's First Cabinet was appointed. 17 August – Reidar Haaland was executed. 4 September – The Third Reich's last active troops surrender after seal hunters discover them on Bear Island. [3] 8 October – The 1945 Parliamentary election takes place.
Naval ships of Norway captured by Germany during World War II (28 P) M. World War II mine warfare vessels of Norway (2 C) P. World War II patrol vessels of Norway (1 ...
Ten ships and 1,000 men from the Royal Norwegian Navy participated in the Normandy Invasion in 1944. During the war the navy operated 118 ships, at the end of the war it had 58 ships and 7,500 men in service. They lost 27 ships, 18 fishing boats (of the Shetland bus) and 933 men in World War II. [8] The navy had its own air force from 1912 to 1944.
Ships of Norway include all ships designed, built, or operated in Norway. Subcategories. This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total. ...
HMS Venturer was a Second World War British submarine of the V class that sank two German U-boats and five merchant ships during the war. Following the war, the boat was sold to Norway and was renamed HNoMS Utstein. She was scrapped in 1964. She is the only submarine in history to have sunk another while both were submerged.