Senja 1945
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Nordkapp | MV Horten | 18/8/1937 | 1937 | stricken 1956 | ||
| Senja | MV Horten | 25/8/1937 | 1937 | captured by Germany 9/4/1940 (Löwe), returned 5/1945, stricken 1956 |
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Displacement standard, t |
243 |
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Displacement full, t |
275 |
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Length, m |
39.8 |
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Breadth, m |
6.55 |
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Draught, m |
2.29 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
2 Sulzer diesel-generators, 1 electric motor |
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Power, h. p. |
830 |
|
Max speed, kts |
13.7 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 30 |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 47/46 Hotchkiss, sweeps |
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Complement |
22 |
Ship project history: Purpose built patrol ships, could be used as survey ships.
Modernizations: 1946, both were armed with 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20/21, 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon
Naval service: Senja was captured by German destroyers in Ufut-fjord 9/4/1940 and sunk by British aircraft in Narvik after three days. Subsequently Germans could salvage Senja which after war has been returned to Norway.
Nordkapp 1937
© Ivan Gogin, 2010