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Norwegian B class submarine

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Operators
  
Royal Norwegian Navy

In service
  
1923 – 1946

Succeeded by
  
U class submarine

In commission
  
1 February 1923

Norwegian B-class submarine

Builders
  
Karljohansvern Naval shipyard

Preceded by
  
Norwegian A class submarine

The B-class submarines were a class of six vessels of the US L class built on licence at Karljohansvern naval shipyard in Horten, Norway from 1922 to 1929 and deployed by the Royal Norwegian Navy.

Boats

  • B-1 (1922–1946) Escaped to the United Kingdom 8 June 1940.
  • B-2 (1923–1940) Captured by the Germans at Fiskå on 11 April.
  • B-3 (1923–1940) Scuttled in Alsvåg, Vesterålen 10 June 1940 by its own crew to prevent capture by the Germans. Ordered to escape to the UK, but prevented by battery explosion.
  • B-4 (1923–1940) Captured by the Germans at Filtvet on 10 April.
  • B-5 (1929–1940) Captured by the Germans at Fiskå on 11 April.
  • B-6 (1929–1940) Surrendered to German troops on 18 May under threat of bombing of the port of Florø.

    • References

    Norwegian B-class submarine Wikipedia
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