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HNoMS Frithjof (1895)

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Name
  
Frithjof

Commissioned
  
1895

Class and type
  
1. class gunboat

Length
  
68 m

Builder
  
Karljohansvern

Yard number
  
76

Decommissioned
  
1928

Launched
  
15 November 1895

Draft
  
4 m

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Displacement
  
1,280 long tons (1,301 t) or 1,360 long tons (1,382 t) (sources disagree)

HNoMS Frithjof was a 1. class gunboat (built for the Royal Norwegian Navy. Like the other Norwegian gunships of her era, she carried a heavy armament on a diminutive hull. The vessel was built at the Naval Yard at Horten, and had yard number 76.

Frithjof served with the Norwegian Navy as a gunboat and cadet training ship until stricken in 1928.

References

HNoMS Frithjof (1895) Wikipedia