HNoMS King Haakon VII
HNoMS King Haakon VII at sea | |
| History | |
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| Norway | |
| Name | King Haakon VII |
| Namesake | King Haakon VII of Norway |
| Ordered | 19 July 1940 |
| Builder | Geo. Lawley, Neponset, Massachusetts, United States |
| Laid down | 22 October 1941 |
| Launched | 29 April 1942 |
| Commissioned |
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| Decommissioned | 1 February 1951 |
| Stricken | 10 August 1957 |
| Fate | Sold to Rogaland Sjøguttskole (Rogaland Sailing School for boys) in August 1953 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | PC class |
| Displacement | 357 tons |
| Length | 174.75 ft (53.26 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft (7.01 m) |
| Draft | 7.5 ft (2.29 m) |
| Propulsion | Two 10-cylinder Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines with 3,600 hp, two shafts |
| Speed | 20 knots (37.04 km/h) |
| Range | 4,000 nautical miles (7,408.00 km) at 16 knots (29.63 km/h) |
| Complement | 47 men |
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HNoMS King Haakon VII was a Royal Norwegian Navy escort ship during World War II, named after King Haakon VII of Norway. She was given to the RNoN by the United States on 16 September 1942, in the presence of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Norwegian Crown Princess Märtha.