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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 ...
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.
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. ...
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.
When Norway was invaded by Germany on 9 April 1940, the merchant fleet had been at war for seven months. Norway was neutral, but lost 58 ships and around 400 sailors. During these months much of the framework that Nortraship was to operate within was created; most importantly the Norwegian-British tonnage agreement.
The collection contains several decommissioned ships, much equipment used by the Norwegian, Allied and German navies and ship models, paintings and pictures. In the 1980s the Royal Norwegian Navy Library was transferred to the museum. The library's book collection started in 1805. The Museum and Library have a book collection of about 25,000 ...