HNoMS Eidsvold

	Eidsvold in 1905
History
Norway
Name	Eidsvold
Namesake	Town of Eidsvold
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle on Tyne
Laid down	1899
Launched	14 June 1900
Commissioned	1901
Fate	Sunk 9 April 1940 in Narvik Harbour, Norway
Service record
Commanders:	Captain Odd Isaachsen Willoch (1940)
Operations:	Battle of Narvik
General characteristics
Class and type	Eidsvold-class
Displacement	4,233 tons (standard)
Length	94.60 m (310.37 ft)
Beam	15.70 m (51.51 ft)
Draft	5.40 m (17.72 ft)
Propulsion	steam engines with; 4,500 hp(3,355.65 kW);
Speed	17.2 knots (31.85 km/h)
Complement	270 fully crewed, reduced to 228 in 1940, just 183 aboard when sunk
Armament	2 × 21 cm (8.26 inch) guns; 6 × 15 cm (5.90 inch) guns; 6 × 7.6 cm (3 inch) guns; Torpedo tubes; AA Armament:; 2 × 76 mm AA guns; 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns; 2 × 12.7 mm Colt anti-aircraft machine guns; 4 × 7.92 mm Colt anti-aircraft machine guns;
Aircraft carried	none
Notes

HNoMS Eidsvold was a coastal defence ship and the lead ship of her class, serving in the Royal Norwegian Navy. Built by Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle on Tyne in 1899, she was obsolete when sunk by German torpedoes in Narvik harbour on 9 April 1940 during the German invasion of Norway (Operation Weserübung).

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