Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 .
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.
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.
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 ...
HNoMS King Haakon VII, an escort ship in service from 1942 to 1951 HNoMS Haakon VII (A537) , a training ship in service from 1958 to 1974 List of ships with the same or similar names
HNoMS Sæl was the penultimate vessel of the ten 1. class torpedo boats of the Royal Norwegian Navy. She was built at the Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard in Horten in 1901, [ 4 ] with yard number 85. [ 1 ]
HNoMS Tor was a Sleipner-class destroyer of the Royal Norwegian Navy that was launched in September 1939. She was under outfitting and testing when Nazi Germany invaded Norway on 9 April 1940. Although scuttled by Norwegian naval personnel to prevent her from being captured by the invading forces, she was soon salvaged by the Germans and put ...