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TYPE: Whale-boat/patrol vessel
BUILT AT: Fredrikstad mekaniske verksted, Fredikstad, Norway
LAUNCHED: September 1935
HOIST COMMAND: 1.January 1941 (Requisitioned for the Norwegian Navy 07.1940)
IN COMMAND FROM: 01.1941 to 1946
PREVIOUS NAME: H. J. Bull
KNOWN FOR: Previously Worlds largest and most powerful whale-boat
ARMAMENT
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1x 4"/40 (10.2 cm) QF Mark XII
-Length in caliber: L/40
-Gun Length oa: 4,232 metres
-Bore Length: 4,064 metres
Projectile Length:
-Lighter complete round: 91.1 cm
-Heavier complete round: 93.4 cm
-Propellant Charge: 2.1 kg NF059
-Muzzle velocity: 571 mps
-Range with 15.9 Kilogram High Explosive shell: 20 degrees elevation - 9,560 Meter
-Gun recoil: 91 Centimeter
-Rate of Fire: about 13 rounds per minute
-Gun weight: 1,318 kilogram
-Placement: Bow
1x 37 Millimeter HighAltitude MI
-Placement: aft, as seen in the picture
Couldn’t find specs about this model, but i believe it is a American cannon used by the British, and supplied to Norway.
4x 12.7 Millimeter Colt Mg.52
-Water cooled
-Placement: each side of the vessel and on each side of the brigde/house
unknown ammunition
2x .303 Colt Marlin machineguns
52x Type Mk.VII 500 Pound Heavy depth charges
-2x Throwers
-2x Depth charge racks
-Mass: 90 kilogram
-Filling weight: 130 kilogram TNT
Adic: Type 123 Trawler
TECHNICAL DATA
Displacement: 569 Metric Tons
Lenght: 46.02 Meter
Width: 9.35 Meter
Depth: 5.15 Meter
MACHINERY
1- FMV steam engine (2HT-2LT)
Power: 2200 Indicated Horse Power
Speed: 14-16 Knots (25.92-29.63 km/h)
Bunkers: 350 Metric Tons of oil
Range: 7500 n. miles at 10 knots (18.52 Km/h)
CREW
Estimated crew: 36 Men
TIMELINE OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
1935: Built at Fredrikstad mech. Workshop, Fredrikstad for Anders Jahres shipping company, Sandefjord - H. J. BULL
1940: The Kosmos expedition in the Arctic Ocean.
1940: Requisitioned in July for use in the Norwegian Navy as a new name, NAMSOS
1941: Command lifted on 1 January.
1941: Served at the Iceland Department from 13 March 1941 to 16 May 1945
1946: Command lifted on 1 January.
1946: Delivered back to the shipping company in January and fitted out, renamed - H. J. Bull.
1946: Imprisoned again. Carried out hunting from Hestnes whaling station at Hitra in 1946
1959: Sold to Union Whaling, Durban, S. Africa. Renamed A. E. LARSEN. It was the oldest whaleboat in the fleet when it was sold.
1962: Taken out of captivity.
1964: Hewn in South Africa.
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PICTURE WITH DESCRIPTION OF WEAPON PLACEMENTS
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ALBUM
SOURCES
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4"/40 (10.2 cm) QF Mark XII specs
Britain 4"/40 (10.2 cm) QF Marks IV, XII and XXII - NavWeaps
Type Mk.VII 500 Pound heavy depth charges
Mark VII depth charge - Wikipedia
General vehicle specs and history
Patruljefartøy HNoMS Namsos (2) - Krigsseilerregisteret
Nasjonalbiblioteket
Patruljefartøy HNoMS Namsos (2) - Sjøhistorie
pictures and leads
Redirecting...
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