- HNoMS Valkyrien (1953)
HNoMS Valkyrien was built as the passenger ship
MS Polarlys . TheRoyal Norwegian Navy bought her fromDet Bergenske Dampskipsselskap for 400,000Norwegian kroner . The ship was rebuilt as a support vessel fortorpedo boat s. Command was assumed onMay 11 ,1953 . In connection with a rescue operation in1956 in theArctic the ship was outfitted with a Bellhelicopter . She had a displacement of 1500 tons and a top speed of 12 knots (22 km/h). She was manned with a crew of 76 and armed with one 3 inch and three 40 mm guns. The ship was decommissioned and sold in December1963 .
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