Glommen-class minelayer

The Glommen-class was a class of two minelayers built for the Royal Norwegian Navy during the First World War at Akers Mekaniske Verksted in Oslo.

Class overview
Builders	Akers Mekaniske Verksted, Kristiania
Operators	Royal Norwegian Navy
Built	1916–1918
In commission	1916–1950
Completed	2
Lost	1
Scrapped	1
General characteristics
Type	Minelayer
Displacement	351 long tons (357 t)
Length	42 m (137 ft 10 in)
Beam	8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
Draft	2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	Reciprocating steam engines, 340 shp (254 kW)
Speed	9.9 knots (11.4 mph; 18.3 km/h)
Complement	35 or 39 (sources disagree)
Armament	2 × 76 mm (3 in) QF guns 120 mines

Service history

The two vessels were kept in service until the German invasion of Norway in 1940. Glommen and Laugen operated in the area around Melsomvik, and surrendered to the Germans on 14 April 1940. The Germans rebuilt both of them as floating flak batteries, and renamed them Nki-01 and Nki-02.

Glommen was scuttled at Kirkenes by the retreating Germans in 1944, while Laugen was returned to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1945, and decommissioned and sold for 23,100 kr in 1950.

References

• Naval history via FLIX: KNM Glommen, retrieved 17 March 2006
• Ships of the Norwegian navy, retrieved 17 March 2006