HNoMS Sæl
Sæl showing her two funnels and cigar-shaped hull | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Norway | |
| Name | Sæl |
| Namesake | Pinniped |
| Builder | The Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard in Horten |
| Yard number | 85 |
| Launched | 25 September 1901 |
| Commissioned | 1901 |
| Out of service | 18 April 1940 |
| Fate | Sunk in action with three German E-boats at Ånuglo in the Hardangerfjord. |
| Service record | |
| Part of | 4th Torpedo boat Division in the 2nd Naval District |
| Commanders | Ensign L. Gulbrandsen (1940) |
| Operations | Norwegian Campaign |
| Victories | 1 E-boat damaged |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 1. class |
| Displacement | 107 tons |
| Length | 39.9 m (130.91 ft) |
| Beam | 4.9 m (16.08 ft) |
| Draft | 2.7 m (8.86 ft) |
| Propulsion | 1,100 hp triple expansion steam engine |
| Speed | 21 knots (38.89 km/h) |
| Range |
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| Complement | 20 men |
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| Notes | All the above listed information, unless otherwise noted, was acquired from |
HNoMS Sæl was the penultimate vessel of the ten 1. class torpedo boats of the Royal Norwegian Navy. She was built at the Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard in Horten in 1901, with yard number 85. She was to see close to 40 years service with the Royal Norwegian Navy, taking part in the preparations for war in connection with the dissolution the union with Sweden in 1905, enforcing Norwegian neutrality during the First World War and opposing the German invasion of Norway in 1940. She was lost in battle with Kriegsmarine vessels at Ånuglo in the Hardangerfjord on 18 April 1940.