Sleipner type destroyers

The Sleipner type ( Norwegian Sleipner-klasse ) is a series of Norwegian small destroyers , sometimes classified as destroyers . They were designed as universal ships that can also be used as mine-barriers . In 1934 - 1939, three ships of this type were built, sometimes three destroyers of the type “One” are also assigned to it, built according to a substantially modified project. Destroyers of the type "Sleipner" were one of the most modern ships KVMS of Norway by the time of the German invasion . One of them, the Eger , was cast ashore by the crew after the damage inflicted on it by German bombers, and the Güller was captured by German troops, while the Sleipner was the only modern Norwegian warship to go to the UK , where it was used by Norwegian forces throughout the Second World War . After the war, the Sleipner and the Eger in May 1945 were converted into frigates in the mid -1950s before being decommissioned in 1959 .

type "Sleipner"
Sleipner-klasse
Project
A country	Norway
In the ranks	decommissioned
Main characteristics
Displacement	597 tons standard 708 t full
Length	74.3 m
Width	7.80 m
Draft	2.10 m
Engines	3 Yarrow type water tube boilers 2 de Laval type turbines
Power	12,500 hp
Mover	2
Travel speed	30 knots maximum
Crew	72-75 people
Armament
Artillery	3 × 1 102 mm
Flak	1 × 40 mm Bofors 2 × 1 12.7-mm machine gun "Colt"
Anti-submarine weapons	4 bombs
Mine-torpedo armament	1 × 2 533 mm TA mine setting equipment