Name Brage Acquired 9 April 1940 Length 29 m | Commissioned 1878 Launched 1 November 1878 | |
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Namesake Norse skaldic god Bragi Builder The Royal Norwegian Navy's shipyard at Horten Captured by the Germans on 9 April 1940 | ||
HNoMS Brage was a Vale-class Rendel gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Horten Naval Yard in 1874, with build number 58. She was one of a class of five gunboats - the other ships in the class were Vale, Nor, Uller and Vidar.
Brage was, in addition to the heavy, muzzle-loading main gun, armed with a small 'Quick Fire' gun and an early automatic gun, similar to the Gatling gun.
Later Brage, like her sister ships, was rebuilt as a minelayer, and she served in this role when the Germans invaded in 1940. She was captured by German forces after the surrender of Norwegian forces in Southern Norway, and returned to Norway after the war.
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