Draug-class destroyer
| Plan of Draug Note placement of QF guns (green) and torpedo tubes (blue). The lead ship Draug at some point before the Second World War. Note QF guns in blisters along the side to allow forward fire. | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Draug class |
| Builders | Karljohansvern Orlogsstasjon |
| Operators | Royal Norwegian Navy |
| Preceded by | HNoMS Valkyrjen |
| Succeeded by | Sleipner class |
| Planned | 3 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Scrapped | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 587 t (578 long tons) |
| Length | 69.2 m (227.03 ft) |
| Beam | 7.3 m (23.95 ft) |
| Draught | 2.9 m (9.51 ft) |
| Propulsion | 8,000 ihp (6,000 kW) VTR engines |
| Speed | 26.5 knots (49.08 km/h) |
| Endurance | 107 t (105 long tons) coal |
| Complement | 76 |
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The Draug class was the first multi-vessel class of destroyers built for the Royal Norwegian Navy in the early 20th century and the first destroyers constructed for the Royal Norwegian Navy since Valkyrjen, which was commissioned on 17 May 1896. The class comprised three ships, Draug, Troll and Garm. All three were built at the Karljohansvern Orlogsstasjon. The Draug class were the last Norwegian-constructed destroyers until the Ålesund class was laid down in 1939. The Draug class saw service until the 1940s. In 1940, Garm was sunk while the other two remained in service until sold and broken up for scrap.