NB19 Tarantel 1940
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Names |
NH... (ex-Hval); NK04 Kürassier (ex-Delfin); NH... (ex-Storm); NB19 Tarantel (ex-Brand), 1942 - V5519 Tarantel; NH01 (ex-Skrei), 1942 - V6501; NH03 (ex-Sael); NM16 Balte (ex-Sild); Admiral Deinhard (ex-Laks) |
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Builders |
Schichau, Elbing: ex-Hval, NK04 Kürassier Marinen Hovedverft, Horten, Norway: others |
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Launched - commissioned |
ex-Hval: 1895 - 1896 // --- Kürassier: 1895 - 1896 // 11/1940 ex-Storm: 1/6/1898 - 1900 // --- Tarantel: 22/9/1898 - 1900 // 9/1940 NH01: 31/10/1901 - 1902 // 1940 NH03: 25/9/1901 - 1902 // 1940 Balte: 30/7/1900 - 1901 // 8/1940 Admiral Deinhard: 12/7/1900 - 1901 // 4/1940 |
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Losses |
Never commissioned: ex-Hval, ex-Storm (latter ran aground 14/4/1940 before commission) |
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Transfers |
Norway, 5/1945: ex-Hval, NK04 Kürassier, Tarantel, NH01, Admiral Deinhard |
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Discarding |
fate of NH03 and Balte is unknown |
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Displacement normal, t |
German built: 84 Norwegian built: 80 |
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Displacement full, t |
German built: 94 Norwegian built: 107 |
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Length, m |
German built: 39.9 Norwegian built: 40.0 |
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Breadth, m |
German built: 4.80 Norwegian built: 4.90 |
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Draught, m |
German built: 2.15 Norwegian built: 2.10 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 2 water-tube boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
German built: 1000 Norwegian built: 650 |
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Max speed, kts |
German built: 17 Norwegian built: 17.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 17 |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 37/45 Hotchkiss, 1 DCR (6) |
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Complement |
23 - 32 |
Ship project history: ex-Norwegian torpedo boats. Hval, Delfin, Storm, Brand and Laks were captured 9/4/1940, Skrei sunk 8/5/1940, Sæl 18/4/1940 and Sild 5/5/1940, all three were salvaged by Germans in 1940.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: All except Hval and Storm were returned to Norway in 1945 and immediately broken up.
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