HNoMS Pol III
Patrol boat of the Royal Norwegian Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pol III was a patrol boat of the Royal Norwegian Navy, used for guarding the inlet of the Oslofjord in early April 1940. She was a small vessel, originally a whaler, of 214 tons. She is best known for being the first Norwegian unit to engage the German invasion forces during the 1940 Operation Weserübung.
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Pol III as a whaler before the Second World War | |
History | |
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Norway | |
Name | Pol III |
Laid down | 1926 |
Launched | July 1926 |
Out of service | 8 April 1940 |
Captured | by the Germans on 14 April 1940 |
Service record | |
Operations: | Opposing the German invasion of Norway |
Nazi Germany | |
Name | NO-05 Samoa |
Acquired | 14 April 1940 |
Renamed | V-6105 and NH-05 |
Fate | Handed back to Norway after VE Day |
Service record | |
Operations: | Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany |
Norway | |
Name | Pol III |
Acquired | 1945 |
Identification | IMO number: 5172597 |
Fate | Sold off to civilian interests post-World War II, scrapped in 2011. |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 214 tons |
Propulsion | Triple expansion steam engine |
Speed | 11.0 knots (20.37 km/h) |
Complement | 15 men |
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