HNoMS Brage (1878)

The HNoMS "Brage" was a "Vale" class gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Horten Naval Yard in 1874, with build number 58. [Lokalhistorisk arkiv i Horten kommune: [http://www.lokalhistoriskarkiv.no/arkivet/historiske_sider/horten_verft/byggenummer Build numbers at Horten Yard] no icon] She was one of a class of five gunboats - the other ships in the class was "Vale", "Nor", "Uller" and "Vidar".

"Brage" was, in addition to the heavy, muzzleloading main gun, armed with a small 'Quick Fire' gun and an early automatic gun, similar to the Gatling gun.

Later "Brage", like her sisterships, was rebuilt as a minelayer, and she served in this role when the Germans invaded in 1940. She was captured by German forces after the surrender of Norwegian forces in Southern Norway, and returned to Norway after the war.

Name

She was named after Bragi - the god of poetry in Norse mythology.

ee also

* List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons

Footnotes

External links

* [http://navalhistory.flixco.info/G/288023x9/8330/a0.htm Naval history via Flix: "Vale"] , retrieved 27 Feb 2006
* [http://www.lokalhistoriskarkiv.no/arkivet/historiske_sider/horten_verft/byggenummer Byggenummer ved Horten verft] , retrieved 27 Feb 2006
* [http://hem.fyristorg.com/robertm/norge/Norw_navy_ships.html Ships of the Norwegian navy] , retrieved 27 Feb 2006