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Glommen-class minelayer


FieldValue
section1{{Infobox ship/image
section2{{Infobox ship/class overview
buildersAkers Mekaniske Verksted, Kristiania
operators
built_range1916–1918
in_commission_range1916–1950
total_ships_completed2
total_ships_lost1
total_ships_scrapped1
section3{{Infobox ship/characteristics
typeMinelayer
displacement351 LT
length42 m
beam8.5 m
draft2.3 m
propulsionReciprocating steam engines, 340 shp
speed9.9 kn
complement35 or 39 (sources disagree)
armament*2 × 76 mm QF guns
  • 120 mines The Glommen-class was a class of two minelayers built for the Royal Norwegian Navy during the First World War at Akers Mekaniske Verksted in Oslo.

Service history

The two vessels were kept in service until the German invasion of Norway in 1940. Glommen and Laugen operated in the area around Melsomvik, and surrendered to the Germans on 14 April 1940. The Germans rebuilt both of them as floating flak batteries, and renamed them Nki-01 and Nki-02.

Glommen was scuttled at Kirkenes by the retreating Germans in 1944, while Laugen was returned to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1945, and decommissioned and sold for in 1950.

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