Storm (right) at Marvika naval base in 1903
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History | |
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Norway | |
Name | Storm |
Namesake | Storm |
Builder | The Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard at Karljohansvern in Horten |
Yard number | 79 |
Launched | 1 June 1898 |
Fate | Sank on 13 April 1940, after striking a skerry on 12 April |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 1. class torpedo boat |
Displacement | 107 tons |
Length | 39.9 metres (130.91 ft) |
Beam | 4.9 metres (16.08 ft) |
Draught | 2.7 metres (8 ft 10.30 in) |
Propulsion | 1,100 indicated horsepower triple expansion steam engine |
Speed | 21 knots (38.89 km/h; 24.17 mph) |
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Complement | 19 officers and men |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Part of: | 4th Torpedo Boat Division (2nd Naval District) |
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Operations: | Norwegian campaign |
HNoMS Storm was a 1.-class torpedo boat constructed in 1898. Storm served the Royal Norwegian Navy for almost 42 years, including neutrality protection duties during the First World War. She was lost in the 1940 Norwegian campaign of the Second World War. During the Norwegian Campaign, she was the only Norwegian warship that launched a torpedo against the invading Germans.