HNoMS Gor (1884)

For other ships with the same name, see HNoMS Gor.

History
Norway
Name	Gor
Namesake	Gór – mythological co-founder of Norway
Builder	Karljohansvern Naval Yard in Horten
Launched	7 May 1884
Commissioned	1884
Captured	by the Germans in 1940
Service record
Operations:	Norwegian Campaign
Nazi Germany
Acquired	1940
Fate	Handed back to Norway after VE Day
Service record
Operations:	Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany
Norway
Acquired	1945
Decommissioned	1945
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics as built
Class and type	Gor-class Rendel gunboat
Displacement	290 tons[1]
Length	31.27 m (102.59 ft)
Propulsion	420 hp steam engine
Speed	10 knots (18.52 km/h)
Complement	44
Armament	1 × 26cm/30 (10.2 inch) Krupp breechloading gun 1 × 1pdr (37 mm / 1.46 inch) automatic gun[2] 2 × 1pdr (37 mm / 1.46 inch) revolving gun[3]
General characteristics after rebuild
Displacement	290 tons[1]
Length	31.27 m (102.59 ft)
Propulsion	420 hp steam engine
Speed	10 knots (18.52 km/h)
Complement	38
Armament	2 × 76 mm (3 inch) QF gun 2 × 37mm (1.46 inch) guns 55 mines[1]

The HNoMS Gor was a Gor-class Rendel gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Karljohansvern Naval Yard in Horten in 1884. She was one of a class of two gunboats - the other ship in her class being Tyr. The Gor and Tyr can be seen as improved Vale-class gunboats.

Construction and armament

Gor was built at Karljohansvern Naval Yard in Horten, and had yard number 64.

Her main gun was 7.8m meters long,^[4] or about a quarter of the length of the whole vessel. In addition she was armed with three smaller, automatic guns for self defence.

Shortly before World War I, Gor was rebuilt as a mine layer. During this rebuild, the heavy gun and one of the 37 mm guns was replaced with two more potent 76 mm guns. Since the heavy gun and ammunition was removed, Gor could carry 55 mines.

Service history

Gor was kept in service until the German invasion in 1940. Until the surrender of Norwegian forces in southern Norway, she mostly operated in the Sognefjord, and she fell into German hands for the remainder of the war.

After World War II, Gor was returned to the Royal Norwegian Navy, and scrapped shortly thereafter.

Footnotes

1. Abelsen 1986: p. 144
2. Naval History on the 37mm 1pdr gun
3. Naval History on the 37mm 1pdr Revolver gun
4. "Naval History on the GR 10.2in 26cm 30cal Krupp gun". Archived from the original on 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2006-03-01.

Bibliography

• Abelsen, Frank (1986). Norwegian naval ships 1939-1945 (in Norwegian and English). Oslo: Sem & Stenersen AS. ISBN 82-7046-050-8.

External links

• Naval history via Flix: Gor, retrieved 1 March 2006