HNoMS Norge

Sunk

Type	Coast-defence battleship
Class	Norge
War	Second World War
Main guns	2 × 8.3″ guns

Eidsvold's sister. She opened fire on the German destroyers in Narvik harbour on 9 April 1940 and was sunk by torpedoes from Bernd von Arnim; 101 men were killed.

The Norwegian coastal defence ship HNoMS Norge during her transfer of Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's coffin from France to Norway. Image text (in Norwegian): "Norge with Bjørnson's corpse on board." Photo: Anders Beer Wilse, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

2 × 21 cm (8.26-inch) guns
6 × 15 cm (5.90-inch) guns
6 × 7.6 cm (3-inch) guns
Torpedo tubes

Anti-aircraft armament

2 × 76 mm anti-aircraft guns
2 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
2 × 12.7 mm Colt anti-aircraft machine guns
4 × 7.92 mm Colt anti-aircraft machine guns

Builder	Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle on Tyne
Launched	31 March 1900
Commissioned	7 February 1901
Displacement	4,233 tons (standard)
Length	94.60 m (310 ft 4 in)
Speed	17.2 knots (31.9 km/h; 19.8 mph)
Complement	270 fully crewed, reduced to 229 in 1940, just 191 aboard when sunk

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

31 March 1900

German landing at Narvik

Sunk

9 April 1940

101 killed