HNoMS Svenner

The S-class destroyer Svenner at Scapa Flow
History
United Kingdom
Name:	Shark
Builder:	Scotts, Greenock
Laid down:	5 November 1941
Launched:	1 June 1943
Identification:	pennant number G03
Fate:	Transferred to Norway
Norway
Name:	Svenner
Namesake:	The island of Svenner
Commissioned:	11 March 1944
Fate:	Sunk 6 June 1944
General characteristics
Class and type:	S-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,710 long tons (1,740 t) (standard) 2,530 long tons (2,570 t) (deep load)
Length:	362 ft 9 in (110.6 m) (o/a)
Beam:	35 ft 9 in (10.9 m)
Draught:	14 ft 6 in (4.4 m) (deep)
Installed power:	40,000 shp (30,000 kW) 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Propulsion:	2 × shafts; 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines
Speed:	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range:	4,675 nmi (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Sensors and processing systems:	Radar Type 290 air warning Radar Type 285 ranging & bearing
Armament:	4 × single 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark XII dual-purpose guns 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm AA guns 4 × twin QF 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns 2 × quadruple 21-inch torpedo tubes 4 × throwers and 2 × racks for 70 depth charges

HNoMS Svenner was a S-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War and loaned to exiled Royal Norwegian Navy. Svenner was sunk off Sword Beach, Normandy, at dawn on 6 June 1944, while supporting the British Army landings.

Svenner displaced 1,710 long tons (1,740 t) at standard load and 2,530 long tons (2,570 t) at deep load. She had an overall length of 362 feet 9 inches (110.6 m), a beam of 35 feet 8 inches (10.9 m) and a deep draught of 14 feet 6 inches (4.4 m). She was powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by two Admiralty three-drum boilers. The turbines developed a total of 40,000 shaft horsepower (30,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). Svenner carried a maximum of 615 long tons (625 t) of fuel oil that gave her a range of 4,675 nautical miles (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). Her complement was 170 officers and ratings.

The ship was armed with four 45-calibre 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark XII guns in dual-purpose mounts. For anti-aircraft (AA) defence, Svenner had one twin mount for Bofors 40 mm guns and four twin 20-millimetre (0.8 in) Oerlikon . She was fitted with two above-water quadruple mounts for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes. Two depth charge rails and four throwers were fitted for which 70 depth charges were provided.