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Ships

Names	Builders	Completed (launched)	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
Hvass Kjæk	Frederikstad Mekaniske: Hvass, Kjæk	1901: Hvass, Kjæk	Hvass (to Germany 12.4.1940, Seestern), Kjæk (to Germany 14.4.1940, Schildkrote)	None	None

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	63
Displacement full, t	74
Length, m	34.1
Breadth, m	4.40
Draught, m	1.60
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 boilers
Power, h. p.	650
Max speed, kts	19
Fuel, t	coal 12
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 37/45 Hotchkiss, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 1 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	16

Project history

Enlarged variant of Varg class, had bad seaworthiness and insignificant endurance, but served very long.

Modernizations

1931, both: - 1 - 450 TT, 1 x 1 - 450 TT; + sweeps

Naval service

Both ships were reclassified to patrols with minesweeping capacity in 1931. Kjæk was captured by German troops at Tonsberg and commissioned by Germans under name Schildkrote. Hvass was captured 12.4.1940 by German troops at Stavern (Oslo-fjord) and commissioned by Kriegsmarine as Seestern. Both were retroceded in May, 1945, never commissioned, immediately stricken and broken up next year.