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World War II corvettes of Norway (1 P) D. World War II destroyers of Norway (21 P) G. ... Category: World War II naval ships of Norway. 4 languages ...
The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.
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.
This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.
World War II naval ships of Norway (8 C) This page was last edited on 15 February 2024, at 16:03 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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.
May 1945 faster ships (UGF 1 was the Operation Torch invasion convoy) UGS Chesapeake Bay to Gibraltar (later Port Said) November 1942 May 1945 slower ships VC Malta to Tobruk: VN Augusta, Sicily or Malta to Naples (OR) Naples to Livorno: VT Malta to Tripoli: WX western desert ports to Alexandria: XIF Alexandria and Port Said to Taranto and ...
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. Sleipner class Six vessels made in Norway from 1936 to 1939. Sleipner (1936–1959) In Norwegian service during the war. Rebuilt ...