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This is a typing short cut for linking to Royal Norwegian Navy ship articles named in the format "HNoMS Svenner (G03)". Since Ship names are italicized in article text, linking to them in the usual manner means typing everything twice, such as [[HnoMS Svenner (G03)|HNoMS ''Svenner'' (G03)]]. This template halves that to {{HNoMS|Svenner|G03}}.
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.
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
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.
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 Oslo (1946), a C-class destroyer purchased from the Royal Navy in 1946 and broken up in 1968. HNoMS Oslo (F300) , an Oslo -class frigate launched in 1964 and wrecked in 1994. List of ships with the same or similar names
HNoMS Valkyrien, HNoMS Valkyrjen (in Norwegian the prefix KNM is used) has been the name of several ships in the Royal Norwegian Navy. Most of them have been in some way connected to the Royal Norwegian Navy's torpedo boats. The name honours the valkyries of Norse mythology. It has also been said that the ships have been given this name in ...
HNoMS Haakon VII (A537), a training ship in service from 1958 to 1974 List of ships with the same or similar names This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names.