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HNoMS Æger (1894)

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Name
  
Æger

Decommissioned
  
1932

Launched
  
17 May 1894

Draft
  
2.36 m

Commissioned
  
1894

Type
  
Rendel gunboat

Length
  
33 m

Builder
  
Horten

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Namesake
  
Ægir – the Jötunn king of the sea in Norse mythology

Displacement
  
413 long tons (420 t) or 420 long tons (427 t) [sources disagree]

HNoMS Æger was a Rendel gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Karljohansvern Naval Yard in 1894, as the last of the 2. class gunboats. Larger than the other, older 2. class gunboats, Æger had a 38 mm (1.5 inch) armoured deck.

She was known as Padda ("The Toad") due to the way she looked, and was kept in the fleet until she was decommissioned in 1932.

References

HNoMS Æger (1894) Wikipedia