HNoMS Frithjof

Frithjof in Kiel, 1900
History
Norway
Name	Frithjof
Builder	Navy Yard, Karljohansvern
Yard number	76
Launched	15 November 1895
Commissioned	1895
Decommissioned	1928
General characteristics
Class & type	1. class gunboat
Displacement	1,280 long tons (1,301 t) or 1,360 long tons (1,382 t) (sources disagree)
Length	68.17 m (223 ft 8 in)
Beam	9.98 m (32 ft 9 in)
Draught	4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	Reciprocating steam engine, 2,800 hp (2,088 kW), 2 shafts
Speed	15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement	154
Armament	2 × 12 cm (5 in) guns 4 × 76 mm (3 in) QF guns 4 × 1-pounder 37 mm (1 in) automatic gun 1 × 46 cm (18 in) torpedo tube

HNoMS Frithjof was a 1. class gunboat (built for the Royal Norwegian Navy. Like the other Norwegian gunboats of her era, she carried a heavy armament on a diminutive hull. The vessel was built at the Naval Yard at Horten, and had yard number 76.

Frithjof served with the Norwegian Navy as a gunboat and cadet training ship until stricken in 1928.

References

• Naval history via Flix: Frithjof^{[link removed]},
• Viking (First Class Gunboat, 1891-1920)^{[link removed]}, retrieved 17 March 2006