Troll (ship, 1910)
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.jpg) The Troll on May 18, 1940 in Florø |
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| Overview | |
| Type | destroyer |
| Shipyard |
Marine shipyard , Horten , hull |
| Launch | July 7, 1910 |
| Commissioning | March 13, 1912 |
| Whereabouts | Scrapped in 1949 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
578 ts, |
| length |
69.2 m over everything |
| width |
7.3 m |
| Draft |
2.9 m |
| crew |
76 men |
| drive |
4 water tube boilers , |
| speed |
27 kn |
| Armament |
6 × 76 mm Armstrong rapid fire guns, |
| Coal supply |
105 t |
| Sister boats | |
The Troll was a small destroyer , known as Torpedo Jager , the Norwegian Navy , who from 1912 to May 1940 and from 1945 to 1947 in the Norwegian Navy and from May 1940 to May 1945 as a water vessel in the German Navy served.
Construction and technical data
The Troll was the second destroyer built for the Norwegian Navy and the second Draug- class ship. The three boats of the class - Draug , Troll and Garm - were ordered at the same time to replace the Valkyrjen , built near Schichau in 1896 , which, due to its insufficient speed of only 23 knots , its relatively weak armament and its poor maneuverability, its main task of keeping foreigners away Torpedo boats from the Norwegian coast, had not grown.
The Troll expired on July 7, 1910 at the Navy Yard in Karljohansvern with the hull number 104 from the stack and was put into service on March 13, 1912th She was 69.2 m long and 7.3 m wide, had a 2.9 m draft and displaced 578 tons (standard). She had a triple expansion steam engine with 8000 hp at 340 rpm, which allowed a top speed of 27 knots. The armament consisted of six 7.6 cm rapid-fire cannons in single installation (one on the forecastle, two on the right and left behind the bridge , two on the right and left immediately behind the fourth and last chimney, and one aft behind the boat crane), a 12 , 7 mm Colt Fla machine gun and three swiveling 45 cm torpedo tubes in individual installation (one each on the right and left of the second and third chimneys, one on the stern). The crew consisted of 76 men.
1912-1940
During the First World War , the Troll , like the other ships of the Norwegian Navy, served to ensure Norwegian neutrality and as an escort for merchant ships in Norwegian coastal waters. After the end of the war, until 1927, the boat was mainly used to catch smugglers trying to bring alcohol into the country during the Norwegian prohibition .
In the 1930s the Troll , like her two sister ships , was mothballed for cost reasons , the Troll and the Garm in Horten , the Draug in Bergen . Although the three boats were already very out of date at the outbreak of World War II , they were reactivated to ensure Norwegian neutrality , the Troll and the Garm on August 28, and the Draug on September 5, 1939. However, it took a considerable amount of time to before the three boats were so outdated that they were ready for use again. However, they were only suitable for security, escort and guard duty.
1940-1945
At the beginning of the German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940, the Troll was stationed under Captain J. Dahl in Måløy , about 100 nautical miles north of Bergen, with her sister ships Draug and Garm administratively belonging to the 1st Destroyer Division (1st Jagerdivisjon) in the 2nd . Maritime Defense Section (Central Norway). Each boat operated relatively independently in the stretch of coast assigned to it, and the Troll initially operated in the Sognefjord after the start of the German attack . There she survived a bombing attack by German planes unscathed on April 26, lying at anchor near Bjordal , while her sister ship Garm, anchored in the immediate vicinity, almost broke in two parts after a direct hit and then burned out and sank. When the Norwegian ships in the Sognefjord area gradually had to surrender , Captain Dahl was instructed to try to escape to Great Britain while he was lying with his boat in Florø on May 3rd . This was not possible due to a lack of coal, and on May 4, Dahl had the Norwegian flag lowered and went ashore with his crew to join the remaining Norwegian army.
The abandoned ship was discovered by two German outpost boats in Florø on May 18 and then towed to Bergen, where it arrived on May 20. The Navy initially put it into service as a torpedo boat while retaining its name, but the age and condition of the ship were such that it was retired after a short time. All deck superstructures were removed and the ship was converted into a distillation ship (for the production of distilled water) and a water and steam supply ship. In this function as a watercraft, the ship served at the shipyard in Laksevåg (Bergen) from 1941 until the end of the war.
1945-1949
After the end of the war, the Troll came back into Norwegian possession. In 1946 she still received the prefix KNM (= Kongelig Norsk Marine) in front of her name, but was struck off the list of ships in 1947 and sold for scrapping in 1949.
literature
- Frank Abelsen: Norwegian naval ships 1939–1945. Sem & Stenersen, Oslo, 1986, ISBN 82-7046-050-8 (norwegian & engl.).
- Nils Bjørnsson: Å være eller ikke være - Under orlogsflagget i den annen verdenskrig. Sjømilitære Samfund ved Forlaget Norsk Tidsskrift for Sjøvesen, Haakonsvern, 1994, ISBN 82-990969-3-6 (norweg.)
Web links
- Troll
- Draug destroyers on navypedia
- Jager Troll KNM on sjohistorie.no
Notes and individual references
- ^ Organization of Norwegian Marine Forces ( Memento of the original dated February 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Leo Niehorster : "Scandinavian Campaign: Administrative Order of Battle Royal Norwegian Navy 2nd Naval District" ( Memento from May 12, 2012 on WebCite )
- ↑ There were no deaths among the Garm's crew , as the Garmin had left their ship at the start of the attack due to a lack of effective anti-aircraft weapons.
