HNoMS Odin (1939)
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HNoMS Odin was a Sleipner-class destroyer that entered service with the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1939. She and the other Sleipner-class vessels were built as part of a Norwegian rearmament scheme in the last years leading up to the Second World War. In 1940, she had taken part in protecting Norwegian neutrality, before being caught in the German invasion of Norway on 9 April 1940. After fighting the invasion forces at Kristiansand, she was captured and pressed into Kriegsmarine service for the duration of the war. After the end of the war, she was returned to Norway. In 1948, she and her surviving sister ships were converted to frigates and remained in service until sold for scrapping in 1959.
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Odin in 1939. | |
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Norway | |
Name | Odin |
Namesake | Norse chief god Odin |
Builder | The Royal Norwegian Navy's shipyard at Karljohansvern, Horten |
Yard number | 126[1] |
Launched | 24 January 1939[1] |
Commissioned | 1939 |
Fate | Seized by Germany on 9 April 1940 |
Service record | |
Operations: | Opposing the German invasion of Norway |
Nazi Germany | |
Name | Panther |
Acquired | 11 April 1940 |
Fate | Handed back to Norway after VE Day |
Service record | |
Operations: | Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany |
Norway | |
Name | Odin |
Commissioned | 1945 |
Decommissioned | 1959 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping in 1959 |
General characteristics as built | |
Class and type | Sleipner-class destroyer |
Displacement | 735 tons [2] |
Length | 74.30 m (243.77 ft) |
Beam | 7.75 m (25.43 ft) |
Draft | 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) |
Complement | 75 (10 officers and 65 sailors)[3] |
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General characteristics after German rebuild | |
Class and type | Sleipner class |
Displacement | 735 tons [2] |
Length | 74.30 m (243.77 ft) |
Beam | 7.75 m (25.43 ft) |
Draft | 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) |
Complement | 75 (10 officers and 65 sailors)[3] |
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