- Norwegian A class submarine
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HNoMS A-4Class overview Builders: Krupp Germania shipyard at Kiel, Germany Operators: Royal Norwegian Navy
Preceded by: No preceding class of submarine, only
Norwegian B class submarineIn service: – 16 April 1940 In commission: 2 March 1914 Completed: Kiel, Germany from 1913 to 1914 and deployed by the Royal Norwegian Navy. The Norwegian government purchased four submarines that were almost completed in 1913 and received three of these before World War I. The fourth, A-5, was seized by German authorities at the outbreak of war and used it as a training vessel in the Baltic Sea.
Fates
All three A class submarines were lost during the first week following the German invasion of Norway, one in combat and the other two through scuttling.
- A-2 (2 March 1914 – 9 April 1940) Attacked and severely damaged by the two German Raumboot minesweepers R-22 and R-23 off the Vallø peninsula near Tønsberg in the Oslofjord on 9 April 1940. Her crew was captured and she drifted ashore at Vallø, a total wreck.
- A-3 (1914 – 16 April 1940) Scuttled by own crew in Verkbukta at Tønsberg on 16 April 1940
- A-4 (1914 – 16 April 1940) Scuttled by own crew in Verkbukta at Tønsberg on 16 April 1940
Footnotes
Literature
- Abelsen, Frank (1986) (in Norwegian and English). Norwegian naval ships 1939–1945. Oslo: Sem & Stenersen AS. ISBN 82-7046-050-8.
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