HNoMS Tor (1939)
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For other ships with the same name, see HNoMS Thor.
HNoMS Tor was a Sleipner-class destroyer of the Royal Norwegian Navy that was launched in September 1939. She was under outfitting and testing when Nazi Germany invaded Norway on 9 April 1940. Although scuttled by Norwegian naval personnel to prevent her from being captured by the invading forces, she was soon salvaged by the Germans and put into service with the Kriegsmarine. Under the name Tiger she served out the war as an escort and training vessel, being recovered by the Norwegians in Denmark after the German capitulation in 1945. After the war she was converted to a frigate and served until 1959.
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Name | Tor |
Namesake | Thor – god of thunder in Norse mythology |
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Yard number | 128 |
Laid down | November 1938 |
Launched | 7 September 1939 |
Fate | Scuttled by own crew to prevent capture by the Germans |
Nazi Germany | |
Name | Tiger |
Namesake | Panthera tigris |
Acquired | 16 April 1940 |
Commissioned | 13 June 1940 |
Fate | Handed back to Norway after VE Day |
Service record | |
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Operations: | Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany (1940) |
Norway | |
Name | Tor |
Acquired | May 1945 |
Decommissioned | 1959 |
Fate | Sold for scrap |
General characteristics as built | |
Class and type | Sleipner-class destroyer |
Displacement | 735 tons[1] |
Length | 74.30 m (243.77 ft) |
Beam | 7.75 m (25.43 ft) |
Draught | 4.15 m (13.62 ft) |
Propulsion | Two De Laval geared turbines with two shafts and 12,500 hp |
Speed | 32 knots (59.26 km/h) |
Range | 3,500 nautical miles (6,482.00 km) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h) |
Armament | Not yet fitted when scuttled |
Notes | Norwegian data retrieved from [2] |
General characteristics in German service | |
Class and type | none |
Displacement | 708 tons |
Length | 74.10 m (243.11 ft) |
Beam | 7.75 m (25.43 ft) |
Draught | 2.82 m (9.25 ft) |
Propulsion | Two De Laval geared turbines with two shafts and 12,500 hp |
Speed | 30 knots (55.56 km/h) |
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Notes | German service characteristics data retrieved from[3] |
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