HNoMS Norge

	Norge transporting the coffin of writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson in 1910
History
Norway
Name	Norge
Namesake	Norway
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle on Tyne
Launched	31 March 1900
Commissioned	7 February 1901
Fate	Sunk 9 April 1940 in Narvik Harbour, Norway
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 229 in 1940, just 191 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; Anti-aircraft armament:; 2 × 76 mm anti-aircraft 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 Norge was a coastal defence ship of the Eidsvold-class in the Royal Norwegian Navy. Built by Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle on Tyne, she was torpedoed and sunk by German destroyers in Narvik harbour on 9 April 1940.

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