NationMaster - Encyclopedia: HNoMS Olav Tryggvason

The minelayer HNoMS Olav Tryggvason was built for the Royal Norwegian Navy by the naval shipyard at Horten in the early 1930's and had build number 119. She was considered a well armed and well balanced ship, with an engine plant consisting of both steam turbines and diesel engines. A school ship is a ship used for the training of students as sailors. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway,_state. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... RAF is an three letter acronym for: Royal Air Force -- the Air Force of the United Kingdom (see also Air Ministry) Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion) -- a German terror organisation Rigas Autobusu Fabrika -- a factory making buses in Riga, Latvia Rapid Action Force in India RaÄunarski Fakultet RAF... Torpedo tubes of the French SNLE Redoutable A torpedo tube is a device for launching torpedoes in a horizontal direction. ... Polish wz. ... The FlaK 30 was a 20mm single-barrelled anti-aircraft cannon that was mounted on a platform with two wheels on the side. ... Torpedo tubes of the French SNLE Redoutable A torpedo tube is a device for launching torpedoes in a horizontal direction. ... Polish wz. ... A minelayer is a naval ship used for deploying sea mines. ... Ranks Norwegian military ranks The Royal Norwegian Navy (often abbreviated as RNoN) is the branch of the Norwegian Defence Force responsible for naval operations. ... Small shipyard in Klaksvík (Faroe Islands), reparing fishing vessels Dockyards and shipyards are places which repair and build ships. ... County Vestfold Landscape Municipality NO-0701 Administrative centre Horten Mayor (2004) Nils Henning Hontvedt Official language form Bokmål Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 407 70 km² 68 km² 0. ...

She also served as a cadet training ship in the summer, taking aboard 55 cadets. A cadet is a person who is junior in some way. ... A school ship is a ship used for the training of students as sailors. ...

City of Flint incident

At the outbreak of World War Two, the Olav Tryggvason took part in neutrality protection duties. Her first armed action came on 3 November 1939, when the US merchant ship City of Flint entered Norwegian territorial waters. The City of Flint had been taken as a prize by the German pocket battleship Deutschland in the Atlantic and was on its way to Germany with the American crew as prisoners. According to public international law, the ship could have passed through Norwegian waters without interference, but when it stopped and anchored in the port of Haugesund, it broke Norwegian neutrality regulations. The Olav Tryggvason was dispatched and boarded the City of Flint with one officer and 30 armed sailors, who returned control of the ship to the American captain, Joseph H. Gainard, on November 6. He unloaded his cargo in Bergen and set sail in ballast for the US. The German prize crew was interned at Kongsvinger Fortress. In response, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs received several strong worded and threatening notes from its German counterpart. This article is becoming very long. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... SS City of Flint, a freighter of the United States Merchant Marine, was the first American ship captured by the Germans during World War II. Under the command of Captain Joseph H. Gainard, City of Flint first became involved in the war when she rescued 200 survivors of the torpedoed... Prize is a term used in admiralty law to refer to equipment, vehicles, and vessels captured as a result of armed conflict. ... Pocket battleship is an English language term for a class of warships built by German Reichsmarine in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. ... International law deals with the relationships between states, or between persons or entities in different states. ... County Rogaland District Haugaland Municipality NO-1106 Administrative centre Haugesund Mayor (2006) Petter Steen Jr (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 403 73 kmÂ² 68 kmÂ² 0. ... County Hordaland District Midhordland Municipality NO-1201 Administrative centre Bergen Mayor (2006) Herman Friele (H) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 215 465 kmÂ² 445 kmÂ² 0. ... Ballast is used in sailboats to provide moment to resist the lateral forces on the sail. ... Kongsvinger Fortress (Kongsvinger festning) is located in the city and municipality of Kongsvinger in the county of Hedmark, Norway. ... Entrance to the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Oslo Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo, Norway The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Utenriksdepartementet) was established on June 7, 1905 - the same day the Norwegian Parliament decided to dissolve the union with Sweden. ...

Battle in Horten harbour

The Olav Tryggvason was at Horten for repair, manned only by a skeleton crew, when the Germans invaded on 9 April 1940. Along with the minesweeper HNoMS Rauma, she defended the harbour against the German torpedo boats Albatros and Kondor, and the räumboots R17 and R27. At some point during the battle, the light cruiser Emden arrived in the harbour, and was taken under fire and damaged as well. During the confusing battle at close range, Albatros and R17 was sunk by the Olav Tryggvason's 12 cm guns. Despite the best efforts of the Norwegian ships, the R27 managed to land a small infantry force in the harbour, before she blew up after repeated hits. At 07:35, after threats of aerial bombardment of the naval base and the adjacent city, as well as a misguided impression of the size of the German landing force, the Norwegian forces surrendered. Operation WeserÃ¼bung was the German codename for Nazi Germanys assault on Denmark and Norway during World War II and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign. ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Minesweeper can refer to: One who performs demining, or the removal of landmines in minefields. ... A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to launch torpedoes at larger surface ships. ... This is a list of words, terms, concepts, and slogans that were used by the German military during World War II. Some have also been used in other times, and some are still in use today. ... This article refers to the third German cruiser to bear the name Emden. ...

German service

The Olav Tryggvason was taken into the Kriegsmarine and renamed Albatros II, to commemorate the torpedo-boat she had sunk. Shortly thereafter, on April 16, she was renamed again, as the Brummer, a artillery training ship torpedoed in the Kattegat 14 April 1940. The Kriegsmarine (or War Navy) was the name of the German Navy between 1935 and 1945, during the Nazi regime, superseding the Reichsmarine. ... The Baltic Sea The Kattegat (Danish), or Kattegatt (Swedish), is a bay of the North Sea and a continuation of the Skagerrak, bounded by Denmark and Sweden. ...

1940-1944: Western Europe, Barbarossa and North Sea

The Brummer spent her first year as a Kriegsmarine minelayer on the coasts of the Netherlands and Belgium before being transferred to the Baltic Sea in time to participate in Operation Barbarossa, carrying out mining operations in the Gulf of Finland. The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53Â°N to 66Â°N latitude and from 20Â°E to 26Â°E longitude. ... Combatants Nazi Germany Romania Finland Italy Hungary Slovakia Soviet Union Commanders Adolf Hitler Ion Antonescu C.G.E. Mannerheim Benito Mussolini MiklÃ³s Horthy Jozef Tiso Joseph Stalin Strength ~3. ... Polish wz. ... The Baltic Sea The Gulf of Finland is an arm of the Baltic Sea that extends between Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to the city of Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. ...

After completing her tour in the Baltic she spent the years 1942 to 1944 in the North Sea and off Norway.

Back to the Baltic - Operation Hannibal

In 1944 Brummer resumed mining in the Baltic. She was used for mining until the spring of 1945 when she was employed as part of the armada that evacuated German troops and civilians from the path of the Red Army. Karl Doenitz Operation Hannibal was a naval withdrawal of the Germans set in the middle of January, 1945 as the invading Soviet army advanced the Eastern Europe, mainly East Prussia. ...

Destruction

The end of the Brummer came on April 3, 1945, when she was wrecked by RAF bombers while in dry dock at Deutsche Werke in the Baltic port of Kiel. April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... RAF is an three letter acronym for: Royal Air Force -- the Air Force of the United Kingdom (see also Air Ministry) Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion) -- a German terror organisation Rigas Autobusu Fabrika -- a factory making buses in Riga, Latvia Rapid Action Force in India RaÄunarski Fakultet RAF... U.S. Navy submarine USS Greeneville in dry dock following collision with a fishing boat. ... Deutsche Werke Aktiengesellschaft is the name of a German conglomerate known for the A-Werk Erfurt pistol, submarines, and other assorted weaponry. ... Kiel ( ) is a city in northern Germany and the capital of the Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein. ...

After the war, the wreck was blown up and used in the construction of a new dock area in Kiel.

Name

She was named after Olaf I of Norway, who was king of Norway roughly 995 to 1000. Olaf Tryggvason (Old Norse: Ã“lÃ¡fr Tryggvason, Norwegian: Olav Tryggvason), (960s - September 9? 1000), was King of Norway from 995 to 1000. ... This article is a list of rulers of Norway up until the present, including: The Norwegian kingdom (with the Faroe Islands) The Union with Iceland and Greenland (1262-1814) The Norwegian kingdom (with Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1262-1814) The Union of Sweden and Norway (1319-1343) The...

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City of Flint incident

Battle in Horten harbour

German service

1940-1944: Western Europe, Barbarossa and North Sea

Back to the Baltic - Operation Hannibal

Destruction

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Battle in Horten harbour

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1940-1944: Western Europe, Barbarossa and North Sea

Back to the Baltic - Operation Hannibal

Destruction

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City of Flint incident