HNoMS Brage (1878-1945)
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| Career (Norway) |  |
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| Name: | Brage |
| Builder: | The Royal Norwegian Navy's shipyard at Horten |
| Launched: | 1 November 1878 |
| Commissioned: | 1878 |
| Decommissioned: | 1945 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Vale class |
| Displacement: | 260 tons standard |
| Length: | 28 metres (91.86 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 220 hp steam engine |
| Speed: | 8.5 knots (15.74 km/h) |
| Complement: | 41 men (31 after rebuild) |
| Armament: | As built: 1 x 21 cm (10.5 inch) RML gun 1 x 1pdr (cm / inch) QF gun 1 x 1pdr (cm / inch) revolving gun After rebuild: 1 x 12 cm (4.72 inch) gun 3 x 37 mm (1.46 inch) guns 50 mines |
The HNoMS Brage was a Vale class gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Horten Naval Yard in 1874, with build number 58.[1] She was one of a class of five gunboats - the other ships in the class was Vale, Nor, Uller and Vidar.
Brage was, in addition to the heavy, muzzleloading main gun, armed with a small 'Quick Fire' gun and an early automatic gun, similar to the Gatling gun.
Later Brage, like her sisterships, was rebuilt as a minelayer, and she served in this role when the Germans invaded in 1940. She was captured by German forces after the surrender of Norwegian forces in Southern Norway, and returned to Norway after the war.
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[edit] Name
She was named after Bragi - the god of poetry in Norse mythology.
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Lokalhistorisk arkiv i Horten kommune: Build numbers at Horten Yard (Norwegian)
[edit] External links
- Naval history via Flix: Vale, retrieved 27 Feb 2006
- Byggenummer ved Horten verft, retrieved 27 Feb 2006
- Ships of the Norwegian navy, retrieved 27 Feb 2006
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