HNoMS Trygg (1919)
Trygg at sea in the prewar years
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 Norway
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| Name: | Trygg |
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| Yard number: | 109 |
| Laid down: | 1917 |
| Launched: | 31 May 1919 |
| Fate: | Sunk by German bombers 25 April 1940 |
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| Operations: | Norwegian Campaign |
| Victories: | 2 ships (1,500 tons) captured |
 Nazi Germany
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| Name: | Zick |
| Acquired: | Refloated in 1940 |
| Fate: | Sunk by RAF de Havilland Mosquitos near Bergen, Norway 23 October 1944. |
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| Operations: | Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany |
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| Class and type: | Trygg class |
| Displacement: | 256 tons |
| Length: | 53 m (173.88 ft) |
| Beam: | 5.5 m (18.04 ft) |
| Draft: | 1.58 m (5.18 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 3,600 hp steam engine |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46.30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 33 men |
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| General characteristics in German service | |
| Class and type: | Trygg class |
| Displacement: | 256 tons |
| Length: | 53 m (173.88 ft) |
| Beam: | 5.5 m (18.04 ft) |
| Draft: | 1.58 m (5.18 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 3,600 hp steam engine |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46.30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 33 men |
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HNoMS Trygg (trygg is Norwegian for safe, secure, dependable) was a torpedo boat of the Royal Norwegian Navy. Her hull was built in Moss and she was finished in Horten, with build number 109.Trygg had two sister ships: HNoMS Snøgg and HNoMS Stegg. Together the three vessels formed the Trygg class of torpedo boats.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, Trygg and other Norwegian warships were deployed along the Norwegian coastline to guard against neutrality violations by the warring parties. In one incident the British submarine Triad suffered technical difficulties off the Norwegian coast and was forced to enter Norwegian territorial waters near Bergen on 1 December 1939. After the submarine had been allowed to carry out rudimentary emergency repairs, Trygg escorted her out of Norwegian waters the next day.
During the Norwegian Campaign Trygg was commanded by Lieutenant Frantz W. Munster and served in an air defence and escort role against the invading Germans outside Molde and Åndalsnes in April 1940 (Åndalsnes landings). After surviving numerous air attacks the ship was finally sunk at Åndalsnes 25 April 1940.
As the torpedo boat was anchored up in the harbour the Luftwaffe bombers first attacked and knocked out British AA positions ashore before turning their attention towards the small Norwegian warship. A total of sixteen bombs were dropped against Trygg, one hitting the stern of the ship and passing through without exploding. The damage the bomb caused on its way through Trygg was however too much for her to stay afloat. Although Munster beached his ship before the stern went under, the ship settled on her side and sank in shallow waters the next day.
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