Sleipner-class destroyer
| Sleipner-class destroyer | |
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| Class Overview | |
| Class type: | Destroyer |
| Preceded by: | |
| Succeeded by: | |
| Ships of the line: | Sleipner, Gyller, Æger, Odin, Balder and Tor |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 597 tons |
| Length: | 74.30 m |
| Beam: | 7.80 m |
| Draft: | 2.8 m |
| Speed: | 32 knots ( km/h) |
| Complement: | 75 |
| Power: | 12,500 shp ( KW) |
| Drive: | De Laval steam turbines |
| Fuel: | Oil |
| Armament: | 3 x 10 cm guns 1 x 40 mm anti-air gun 2 x 12.7 mm machineguns 2 x 53.3 cm torpedutubes Depth charges |
| Armour | Belt: Bulkheads: Barbettes: Turrets: Decks: Conning tower: |
The Sleipner class was a class of six destroyers build for the Royal norwegian Navy from 1936 until the German invation in 1940. The design was considered to be advanced for it's time, and it was the first class of vessels for the Norwegian Navy that used aluminum in the construction.
Armament
The arnament within the class varied slightly. Æger had the arnament listed inthe infobox to the right. Sleipner, the lead ship of the class, carried just two 20 cm guns. Gyller had two extra torpedotubes, for a total of four. Odin had a 20 mm anti aircraft gun instead of a 40 mm. Balder and Tor had not been finished when the German attacked, and it's not known if any changes in arnament was planned.
Fate
The vessels had quite different fates. Æger was bombed by German planes on 9 April 1940, and sunk with loss of life. Sleipner was in Norwegian service during WW2, and was kept in service until 1959. Gyller and Odin was captured by the Germans in 1940, but returned to the Norwegian Navy after the war and kept in service until 1959. Balder and Tor was finsihed by the Germans, but their fate after the war is unknown.
References
- Andre verdenskrig i linker, retrived 9 Feb 2006
- Ships of the Norwegian navy, retrived 9 Feb 2006