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ORMEN torpedo boat (1907)


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Ormen 1909

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Ormen 1920- 20, 1923- B1, 1929- R1   Orlogsværftets, København 5.1906 23.2.1907 1907 stricken 1932


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

97

Displacement full, t

105

Length, m

38.0

Breadth, m

4.25

Draught, m

2.60

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 2 Normand boilers

Power, h. p.

2100

Max speed, kts

26.2

Fuel, t

coal 11

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

2 x 1 - 37/40 M.1890, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 1 x 2 - 450 TT (tubes in contrary directions)

Complement

21



Standard scale images


<i>Ormen</i> 1907
Ormen 1907


Graphics


<i>Ormen</i> 1909
Ormen 1909


Project history

French design of Le Normand. For her time this boat already looked become outdated, however because of low-level cost she was been chosen as a prototype for Springeren class. Torpedo tubes were arranged curiously: double deck mount had tubes arranged in contrary directions.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.