List of Capital Ships of Minor Navies - Norway

Norway

Coastal defence ships serving, or ordered for, the Royal Norwegian Navy:

  • Tordenskjold class
    • Tordenskjold (1897) - Captured by Germany 1940 and renamed Nymphe, reverted 1945, BU 1948
    • Harald Haarfagre (1897) - Captured by Germany 1940 and renamed Thetis, reverted 1945, BU 1948
  • Eidsvold class
    • Norge (1900) - Torpedoed 1940
    • Eidsvold (1900) - Torpedoed 1940
  • Bjørgvin class
    • Bjørgvin (1912) - Confiscated by the British Navy and renamed HMS Glatton, blew up
    • Nidaros (1912) - Confiscated by the British Navy and renamed HMS Gorgon

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