Name Vale Commissioned 1874 Launched 14 April 1874 Operation Norwegian Campaign | Yard number 54 Captured by the Germans in 1940 Length 27 m | |
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Namesake Váli – son of the god Odin and the giantess Rindr Builder Karljohansverns Verft Naval Yard in Horten | ||
HNoMS Vale was a Vale-class Rendel gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Karljohansvern Naval Yard in 1874. She was one of a class of five gunboats - the other ships in the class was Brage, Nor, Uller and Vidar.
Vale 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 Vale and her sister ships was rebuilt as mine layers, and she served in this role when the Germans invaded in 1940. During the Norwegian Campaign she served mainly in the Sognefjord. She was captured by German forces after the surrender of Norwegian forces in southern Norway, and returned to Norway after the war.
The vessel was built at the Naval Yard at Horten, and had yard number 54.