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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.
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.
Gyller (1938–1959) In German hands from 1940 to 1945. Rebuilt to frigate in 1948. Æger (1936–1940) [1] Sunk by German bombers on 9 April 1940, at the beginning of Operation Weserübung after first sinking the German supply ship Roda and shooting down two Luftwaffe bombers. Odin (1939–1959) In German hands from 1940 to 1945. Rebuilt to ...
On 11 July 1940 Donau was designated to take part in Operation Sea Lion. On 22 September she left Antwerp with the NDL ships Isar and Warthe on the orders of the head of maritime transport in occupied Norway. [2] On 1 November 1940 Donau accidentally rammed the German training ship Bremse in the roadstead off Frederikshavn.
To expedite this ships operated under the Nortraship organisation, which at that time was the world's largest shipping company. It created apprehension among the Nazi leadership that Allied forces might try to recapture Norway with the intention of denying German naval units access to the North Atlantic , tying up several hundred thousand ...
List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1945 Ship State Description CD-72 Imperial Japanese Navy: World War II: The Type D escort ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea west of the Changshan Islands) by USS Haddo ( United States Navy). [1] Konri Maru Japan
Ships of Norway include all ships designed, built, or operated in Norway. Subcategories. This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total. ...
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 ...