HNo MS Thor (1872)
HNoMS Thor was a monitor built for the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1871. She was decommissioned in 1918, long after her heavy guns were outdated. She was considered an improvement on the Skorpionen class of monitors, with heavier armour and a wider beam.
The name was a reference to the Norse god Thor. The earlier monitor Mjølner was named after Thor's hammer.
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