HNoMS Æger (1894)

HNoMS Æger (1894)

HNoMS "Æger" was a gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Horten Naval Yard in 1894, as the last of the 2. class gunboats. Larger than the other, older 2. class gunboats,"Æger" had a 38 mm (1.5 inch) armoured deck.

She was known as "Padda" ("The Toad") due to the way she looked, and was kept in the fleet until she was decommissioned in 1932.

For such a small vessel, just over 33 meters long, she carried a very large gun, comparable to battleship guns of the era.

References

* [http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/288170x240490/8330/a0.htm Naval history via Flix: KNM Aegir] , retrieved 13 Feb 2006
* [http://www.lokalhistoriskarkiv.no/arkivet/historiske_sider/horten_verft/byggenummer Byggenummer ved Horten verft] , retrieved 13 Feb 2006
* [http://www.mil.no/sjo/start/fakta/historie/dagfordag/mai/article.jhtml?articleID=96473 Sjøforsvaret dag for dag] , retrieved 1 March 2006


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