HNoMS Kong Sverre

HNoMS Kong Sverre (His Norwegian Majesty's Ship Kong Sverre) was a steam and sail powered frigate built for the Royal Norwegian Navy, and launched in 1860. Conceived and designed as possibly the most advanced wooden naval ship built, she was obsolete by the time she was delivered.

History
Name: Kong Sverre
Launched: 23 October 1860
Commissioned: 1864
Fate: Sold and scrapped 1932
General characteristics
Type: Frigate
Displacement: 3,475 long tons (3,531 t)
Length: 64.9 m (212 ft 11 in) w/l
Beam: 15.1 m (49 ft 6 in)
Draught: 6.61 m (21 ft 8 in)
Propulsion: Steam engines, 500 hp (373 kW)
Sail plan: Sail area, 2,319 m2 (24,960 sq ft)
Speed: 11.4 knots (13.1 mph; 21.1 km/h) under power
Complement: 550
Armament:
  • 2 × 20 cm (7.9 in) rifled guns
  • 30 × 60-pounder guns
  • 12 × 15.5 cm (6.1 in) rifled guns
  • 4 × 12-pounder haubitz guns
  • 2 × 6-pounder rifled guns

In 1932 an effort was made to raise 30,000 Norwegian kroner in order to preserve the ship, but it failed and she was eventually scrapped.[1]

References
  1. Facts about Kong Sverre from mil.no (Norwegian) Retrieved 4 December 2006 Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine


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