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HNoMS Draug – lead ship of the Draug class. Draug class. Draug (1910–1943) In Norwegian service until scrapped in 1944. Troll (1912–1949) In German hands from 1940 to 1945, scrapped in 1949. Garm (1914–1940) Sunk by Luftwaffe bombers on 26 April 1940 during the Norwegian campaign. HNoMS Sleipner – lead ship of the Sleipner class
The Royal Norwegian Navy is the branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces responsible for naval operations of the state of Norway.As of 2008, the RNoN consists of approximately 3,700 personnel (9,450 in mobilized state, 32,000 when fully mobilized) and 69 vessels, including 4 frigates, 6 submarines, 6 corvettes, 3 minesweepers, 3 minehunters, 3 support vessels and 2 training vessels.
This is a typing short cut for linking to Royal Norwegian Navy ship articles named in the format "HNoMS Svenner (G03)". Since Ship names are italicized in article text, linking to them in the usual manner means typing everything twice, such as [[HnoMS Svenner (G03)|HNoMS ''Svenner'' (G03)]]. This template halves that to {{HNoMS|Svenner|G03}}.
There have been several ships in the Royal Norwegian Navy named after the Norwegian explorer and Nobel Peace Prize winner Fridtjof Nansen. HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen (1930) – patrol vessel from 1931. Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate – a new class of Aegis frigates from 2005. HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen (F310) lead ship of the class.
At least two ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have been named HNoMS Svenner, after the island of Svenner: HNoMS Svenner (G03), an S-class destroyer acquired from the Royal Navy in 1944 and also sunk in 1944. HNoMS Svenner (S309), a Kobben-class submarine commissioned in 1967 and transferred to Poland in 2003.
HNoMS Valkyrien, HNoMS Valkyrjen (in Norwegian the prefix KNM is used) has been the name of several ships in the Royal Norwegian Navy. Most of them have been in some way connected to the Royal Norwegian Navy's torpedo boats. The name honours the valkyries of Norse mythology. It has also been said that the ships have been given this name in ...
Maud replaced HNoMS Valkyrien as the naval logistics vessel. The vessel's primary task is to support naval forces with after-supplies. The ship is the largest ship ever in the Royal Norwegian Navy, and is twice as large as the frigates of the Fridtjof Nansen class. [2] She is named in honour of Queen Maud of Norway, wife of Haakon VII of Norway ...
Several ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have been named Æger after Ægir, the Jötunn king of the sea in Norse mythology: HNoMS Æger (1894), a 2.-class gunboat in service from 1894 to 1932. HNoMS Æger (1936), a Sleipner-class destroyer commissioned in 1938. HNoMS Æger (1963), a Sleipner-class corvette in service from 1967 to 1992.