TYPE: Patrol vessel/ex trawler
OLD NAME: Neubau 236 (German)
BUILDING SITE: Deutche Schiff und Maskinenbau A-G Werk, Seebeck, Wesermunde, Germany
LAUNCHED: February 1940
IN NORWEGIAN COMMAND: 23.04.1940 - 23.08.1946
WAR OPERATIONAL: 31.08.1940 In Great Britain
ARMAMENT
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1x 4" Q.F Mk.XII Mod 5 Cannon
-Placement: bow, on a platform. thankfully Clearly visible in the photo
-Barrel length in caliber: L/40
-Caliber in metrics: 4" (10.2 cm)
-Date Of Design: Mark XII: About 1918
-Gun Weight: 1,318 kg
-Gun Length oa: 4,232 m
-Bore Length: 4,064 m
-Grooves: 32
-Chamber Volume: 4.70 dm3
-Rate Of Fire: about 13 rounds per minute
-Ammunition Type: Marks XII and XXII: Fixed
-Weight of Complete Rounds;
–HE: 21.5 kg (original rounds)
–HE: 23.7 kg (later rounds)
-Projectile Types and Weights;
–All Gun Marks: HE: 14.1 kg
–Gun Marks XII and XIII only: 15.9 kg
-Projectile Length;
–Lighter complete round: 91.1 cm
–Heavier complete round: 93.4 cm
-Propellant Charge World War II;
–Marks XII, XII and XXII:* 2.1 kg of NF059
-Muzzle Velocity: Marks XII and XXII: 571 mps
-Approximate Barrel Life: Marks IV: N/A Marks XII, XII* and XXII: 8,000 rounds
-Designation: Single Pedestal Mountings
-Weight PIX: 3 tons
-CPIII: 4 tons
-SI: 5 tons
-Elevation PIX: -10 / +20 degrees
-CPIII: -10 / +30 degrees
-SI: -3 / +20 degrees
-Elevation Rate: Manually operated, only
-Train: PIX and CPIII: 360 degrees
-SI: About +120 / -120 degrees
-Train Rate: Manually operated, only
-Gun recoil: 91 cm -
1x 2 Pounder Pom-Pom (40mm) Mk.II Q.F. H/A
-Designed: 1915 (Mk II)
-Mass: 390 kg
-Length: 2.59 m
-Shell: 40×158mmR
-Caliber: 40 mm
-Barrels: 1, 4 or 8
-Rate of fire: 115 rpm
-Muzzle velocity;
–new gun: 732 m/s
–worn gun: 701 m/s
-Effective firing range;
–A/C ceiling: 3,960m
–Maximum firing range: 6,220 m at 701 m/s
-Feed system: 14-round steel-link belt
-Filling weight: 71 g -
4x1 12.7x99mm Colt MG/52 Machineguns
-Cooling system: Water cooled -
50x Mk.VII (BR) 450lbs depth charges
-Total Weight: 191 kg
-Explosive Charge: 132 kg of TNT
-Sink Rate / Terminal Velocity: 3.0 mps
-Settings: 91 m max, later units 182 m
-Throwers: 2x Throwers
-Depth charge racks: 2x Racks
TECHNICAL DATA
Displacement: 487 Gross tonnage
Length: 54.01 Meter
Width: 8.38 Meter
Depth: 4.96 Meter
MACHINERY
1x Triple expansion steam eigne
Power: 1.000 Indicated Horse Powers
Speed: 11 knots (20.37 Km/h)
Bunkers: 200 Metric Tons of Coal
Range: 5000n. miles at 10 knots (18.52 Km/h)
CREW
Estimated crew: 28 Men
TIMELINE OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
13/04/1940: The ship (a German trawler) was hijacked in Honningsvåg and was made ready for war in Great Britain.
23.08.1946: Command canceled at 12.00 and handed over MKT.
1947: Sold to the Trålfiskerenes Andelslag, Kristiansund N.
1971: Sold to Arnt Enebakk, 8550 Lødingen.
1973: Sold to Oddkjell Danielsen, Hol in Tjeldsund. Chopped up.
HISTORY
In the summer of 1940, the Norwegian Navy seized 16 Norwegian whaling boats in South Africa. They were taken to Halifax in Canada to be converted into patrol vessels. The whaleboats turned out to be in poor mechanical condition, so that extensive repair work had to be started at the same time as the rebuilding. The British Admiralty requested that all vessels be converted to minesweepers, but work on nine whaleboats had progressed so far that it was decided to complete them as twin-role vessels. The other whaleboats were ordered to go to Great Britain to be converted into minesweepers.
The nine patrol vessels were given Norwegian city names, respectively BODØ ex GOS VIII, FARSUND ex KOS VI, HORTEN ex KOS II, MOLDE ex KOS XX, MOSS ex GOS I, NAMSOS ex H. J. BULL, NARVIK ex GOS IX, RISØR ex KOS V and SVOLVÆR ex KOS I.
Two German trawlers, WILHELM REINHOLD and MALANGEN, were hijacked by Norwegian forces in April/May 1940. These were actually German patrol vessels and they were given the names INGRID and HONNINGSVAG as Norwegian guard boats. INGRID was sunk by German aircraft in Bodø on 24 May 1940. HONNINGSVAG was first sailed to the Faroe Islands in June of the same year, and then to Iceland where it was deployed as a patrol vessel in the Iceland Department.
MOSS was used as a training vessel at the recruit school in “Camp Norway” in Lunenburg, Canada. Five of the patrol vessels were sent to Great Britain, where MOLDE, BODØ and NARVIK were assigned to the British escort group Liverpool Local Escort Force, while HORTEN and RISØR were stationed in Thorshavn in the Faroe Islands. The last three patrol vessels NAMSOS, SVOLVÆR and FARSUND were sent to Iceland and placed in the Iceland Department. The patrol vessels’ main task was guarding and escort service, and in the Iceland department they were joined by the former surveillance ships FRIDTJQF NANSEN and NORDKAPP. the guard boat HONNINGSVÅG and the skate VESTFJORD.
FRIDTJOF NANSEN sank at Jan Mayen in November 1940. NORDKAPP survived the war and continued as an inspection ship until 1956.
HONNINGSVÅG was sold and converted into a fishing vessel after the war. Of the nine whaleboats, BODØ hit a mine on 4 January 1943 and 30 men died. The others were all returned to their owners after the war. Only NARVIK is still running, as is the fishing vessel LANGVIN.
IN GAME
Thisbis one of the better armed requisitioned vessels, and with 1x quick firing 102mm cannon in the very front, it can be relative effective at the br this vessel would get, and with 2x 40mm pom pom cannons, 4x 12.7mm cannons it will be really effective aginst planes too. It also has acess to 50 depth charges! Wich really helps, and wich will be really nice in the future if submarines are added one day
ALBUM
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SOURCES
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Nasjonalbiblioteket
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Norske Marinefartøy – Bodoni Forlag
Leselystig 39: Modeller som forteller – Norsk Marinehistorie | Polar Coordinate
Nasjonalbiblioteket
ASW Weapons of the United Kingdom / Britain - NavWeaps
Britain 4"/40 (10.2 cm) QF Marks IV, XII and XXII - NavWeaps
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