Hefring 1940
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Wodan | Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven | 1877 | 1877 | discarded 1924 | ||
| Balder | Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven | 5/1878 | 1878 | 8/1879 | minelayer 1910, captured by Germany 5/1940, BU | |
| Braga | Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven | 1877 | 1878 | 6/1879 | minesweeper 1913, river gunboat 1914, wrecked 15/5/1940 | |
| Freyr | Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven | 2/1877 | 9/7/1877 | 11/1877 | scuttled 14/5/1940 | |
| Heimdall | Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven | 1879 | 1879 | subsidiary service 1918 | ||
| Njord | Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven | 1878 | 1878 | stricken 1925 | ||
| Thor | Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven | 9/1876 | 31/3/1877 | 11/1877 | minelayer 1918, captured by Germany 14/5/1940 | |
| Tyr | Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven | 10/1877 | 1878 | 11/1878 | captured by Germany 14/5/1940 (Tyr) | |
| Hefring | Fijenoord, Schiedam | 4/1879 | 16/9/1879 | 4/1880 | TS 1907, scuttled 14/5/1940 | |
| Vali | Fijenoord, Schiedam | 1879 | 1879 | subsidiary service 1909 | ||
| Vidar | Fijenoord, Schiedam | 8/1878 | 15/2/1879 | 7/1879 | minelayer 1915, captured by Germany 18/5/1940 | |
| Bulgia | Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven | 3/1879 | 4/12/1879 | 10/1884 | minelayer 1925, sunk 12/5/1940 | |
| Dufa | Rijkswerf Amsterdam | 1879 | 1879 | discarded 1913 | ||
| Hadda | Rijkswerf Amsterdam | 1879 | 1879 | 5/1880 | minelayer 1909, captured by Germany 14/5/1940 | |
| Udur | Rijkswerf Amsterdam | 1879 | 1879 | TS 1903, subsidiary service 1914 | ||
| Ulfr | Rijkswerf Amsterdam | 1879 | 1879 | subsidiary service 1903 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
264 - 280 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
27.8 |
|
Breadth, m |
8.20 |
|
Draught, m |
2.30 |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
VCE, 2 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
101 - 171 |
|
Max speed, kts |
7 - 8.3 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 280/22 Krupp, 2 x 1 - 37/23 Hotchkiss, 1 x 5 - 37/20 Hotchkiss |
|
Complement |
34 |
Ship project history: Gunboats of so-called "Rendell" type. From the middle of 1920th they were used mainly on the rivers on the German-Dutch border. One of the oldest combat ships in the world, still were in commission to the Second World War beginning.
Modernizations: 1890s, Bulgia, Dufa, Hadda, Hefring, Udur: - 1 x 1 - 280/22; + 1 x 1 - 280/30 Krupp
1908, Wodan: - 1 x 1 - 280/22; + 1 x 1 - 120/40 Krupp
1909, Hadda; 1910, Balder; 1915, Vidar: - 1 x 1 - 280/22; + mines
1913, Braga: + sweeps
1914, Braga: - sweeps
1918, Thor: - 1 x 1 - 280/22; + 1 x 1 - 150/40 Krupp Nr.5, mines
1925, Bulgia: - 1 x 1 - 280/30; + mines
1920s, Braga: - 1 x 1 - 280/22; + 1 x 1 - 120/40 Krupp
1920s, Freyr: - 1 x 1 - 280/22; + 1 x 1 - 75/55 Krupp Nr.3
1920s, Tyr: - 1 x 1 - 280/22
1920s, Hefring: - 1 x 1 - 280/30; + 1 x 1 - 120/40 Krupp
Naval service: Braga 15/5/1940 ran aground on river Waal and subsequently was broken up. Freyr was scuttled at Amsterdam 14/5/1940; raised by Germans, in September, 1944 scuttled as breakwater at Den Helder; raised again and broken up in 1947. Hefring was scuttled at Amsterdam 14/5/1940; raised by Germans 23/9/1940 and then, under one source, used as guard ship, but under another one was broen up. Tyr was captured by Germans 14/5/1940 on river Waal and commissioned by Kriegsmarine as auxiliary minelayer under own name; she was abandoned in 1945 and broken up after war. Bulgia 12/5/1940 was sunk by German aircraft; raised by Germans 31/7/1940 and BU.
Thor was captured by Germans at Den Helder 14/5/1940 and sunk by British aircraft at Vlissingen in February, 1941. Balder, Hadda and Vidar were captured by Germans and broken up.
Hefring
© Ivan Gogin, 2011