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World War II torpedo boats of Norway (7 P) This page was last edited on 15 February 2024, at 16:01 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
HNoMS King Haakon VII was a Royal Norwegian Navy escort ship during World War II, named after King Haakon VII of Norway. She was given to the RNoN by the United States on 16 September 1942, [1] in the presence of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Norwegian Crown Princess Märtha. [4]
HNoMS Norge was a coastal defence ship of the Eidsvold class in the Royal Norwegian Navy. Built by Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle on Tyne , she was torpedoed and sunk by German destroyers in Narvik harbour on 9 April 1940.
Transferred to Naval Reserve and used by Sea Home Guard. Transferred to the Royan Norwegian Navy Museum and preserved as a museum ship. Delfin (1966–1984) Given to Friends of the Shetland bus as a preservation project, but the project failed and the ship was given to a private person. Rapp class Six vessels built in Norway from 1952 to 1956. Rapp
World War II merchant ships of Norway (1 C, 24 P) N. World War II naval ships of Norway (8 C) This page was last edited on 15 February 2024, at 16:03 (UTC). Text ...
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.
Pages in category "World War II merchant ships of Norway" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
HNoMS Odin was a Sleipner-class destroyer that entered service with the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1939. She and the other Sleipner-class vessels were built as part of a Norwegian rearmament scheme in the last years leading up to the Second World War.