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Friday, 18 October 2013

A Norwegian motor torpedo boat according to the Dutch newspaper Het Vaderland: staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad evening edition dated 9 May 1939

Just earlier the Netherlands, Sweden and Greece ordered Norway the building of a fast motor torpedo boat in England. The Royal British Navy possessed 18 of these vessels divided over 3 flotillas. The Norwegian boat had a length of 63, was fitted out with 2engines of 1.100 hip allowing a speed of more as 40 knots, a crew numbering 8 men including 2 officers and was to be armed with 2-45cm torpedo tubes and 2-20cm anti aircraft guns.