HNoMS Trygg

HNoMS Trygg

HNoMS "Trygg" (trygg is Norwegian for safe, secure, dependable) was a torpedo boat of the Royal Norwegian Navy. Her hull was built in Moss and she was finished in Horten, with build number 109. [Horten municipal archive of local history: [http://www.lokalhistoriskarkiv.no/arkivet/historiske_sider/horten_verft/byggenummer Build numbers at Horten Yard] no icon] "Trygg" had two sister ships: HNoMS "Snøgg" and HNoMS "Stegg". Together the three vessels formed the "Trygg" class of torpedo boats.

The Norwegian Campaign

During the Norwegian Campaign "Trygg" was commanded by Lieutenant Frantz W. Munster and served in an air defence and escort role against the invading Germans outside Molde and Åndalsnes in April 1940 (Battle of Åndalsnes). After surviving numerous air attacks the ship was finally sunk at Åndalsnes 25 April 1940. [Sivertsen 2001: 127]

As the torpedo boat was anchored up in the harbour the Luftwaffe bombers first attacked and knocked out British AA positions ashore before turning their attention towards the small Norwegian warship. A total of sixteen bombs were dropped against "Trygg", one hitting the stern of the ship and passing through without exploding. The damage the bomb caused on its way through "Trygg" was however too much for her to stay afloat. [Berg 1997: 51] Although Munster beached his ship before the stern went under, the ship settled on her side and sank in shallow waters the next day.

German service as the "Zick"

The ship was salvaged by the Germans, renamed "Zick", later renamed again to V.5506 "Zick", and served as a Vorpostenboot on the coast of Norway until she was sunk by 21 de Havilland Mosquitos from 235 and 248 Squadrons RAF on 23 October, 1944. She was escorting a three-ship convoy in Hjeltefjord near Bergen when the convoy came under attack by 21 Mosquitos firing rockets and autocannons.Hafsten 1991: 198-199] [Erik Bakkevig - books on shipwrecks: [http://www.skipsforlis.no/omtalteforlisbok2.asp List of shipwrecks in the book "Skipsforlis i Bergensleden"] no icon]

All three cargo ships in the convoy suffered damage while "Zick" was blown apart, taking three Germans down with her. Before she was sunk "Zick" managed to slightly damage two of the attacking aircraft with her anti-aircraft armament.

ee also

* List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons
* List of shipwrecks in 1940

Footnotes

Literature

* Abelsen, Frank: "Norwegian naval ships 1939-1945", Sem & Stenersen AS, Oslo 1986, ISBN 82-7046-050-8 en icon/no icon
* Berg, Ole F.: _no. "I skjærgården og på havet -Marinens krig 8. april 1940 - 8. mai 1945", Marinens krigsveteranforening, Oslo 1997, ISBN 82-993545-2-8 no icon
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* Sivertsen, Svein Carl (ed.): _no. "Jageren Sleipner i Romsdalsfjord sjøforsvarsdistrikt april 1940", Sjømilitære Samfund ved Norsk Tidsskrift for Sjøvesen, Hundvåg 1999 no icon
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