HNoMS Sleipner (1936)

	Sleipner at sea sometime after the Second World War. Note the painted on false bow wave.
History
Norway
Name	Sleipner
Namesake	Sleipnir – the eight-legged steed of Odin
Builder	The Royal Norwegian Navy's shipyard at Horten
Yard number	120
Laid down	3 October 1934
Launched	7 May 1936
Commissioned	1936
Decommissioned	1956
Fate	Sold for scrapping in 1956
General characteristics
Class & type	Sleipner-class destroyer
Displacement	735 tons
Length	74.30 m (243.77 ft)
Beam	7.75 m (25.43 ft)
Draft	4.15 m (13.62 ft)
Propulsion	Two De Laval geared turbines with two shafts and 12,500 hp
Speed	32 knots (59.26 km/h)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482.00 km) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
Complement	Peacetime: 72 men; War crew: 83 men;
Armament	As built:; 3 × 10 cm guns; 1 × 40 mm Bofors L/60; anti-aircraft gun; 2 × 12.7 mm Colt; anti-aircraft machine guns; 2 × 53.3 cm trainable torpedo tubes; 4 × depth charge throwers; After 1942 rebuild:; 2 × 4 in. guns; 1 × 40 mm Bofors L/60; anti-aircraft gun; 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon; anti-aircraft gun; 1 × 12.7 mm Colt; anti-aircraft machine guns; 2 × 53.3 cm trainable torpedo tubes; 4 × depth charge throwers;
Service record
Commanders:	Captain E. Ullring (8 April 1940 – 28 June 1940); Captain T. Horve (28 June 1940 – December 1941); Captain Rolf Hag (December 1941 – 22 July 1942); Lieutenant Kleppe (22 July 1942 – 10 March 1944);
Operations:	Norwegian campaign; Battle of Britain;
Victories:	2 ships (1,500 tons) captured; 2 bombers downed;

HNoMS Sleipner was a destroyer commissioned into the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1936. The lead ship of the Sleipner class, she gained near-legendary status in Norway by enduring over two weeks of intense air attack by Luftwaffe bombers following the 9 April 1940 invasion of Norway. After the resistance in South Norway started unravelling she made her way over the North Sea to continue the fight against the Germans from exile. After serving as a convoy escort along the coast of the United Kingdom, she was decommissioned in 1944. She was recommissioned in 1948 after being converted to a frigate. Along with her surviving sister ships she was sold for scrapping in 1959.

History
Sleipner at sea sometime after the Second World War. Note the painted on false bow wave.
Norway
Name	Sleipner
Namesake	Sleipnir – the eight-legged steed of Odin
Builder	The Royal Norwegian Navy's shipyard at Horten
Yard number	120
Laid down	3 October 1934
Launched	7 May 1936
Commissioned	1936
Decommissioned	1956
Fate	Sold for scrapping in 1956
General characteristics
Class & type	Sleipner-class destroyer
Displacement	735 tons
Length	74.30 m (243.77 ft)
Beam	7.75 m (25.43 ft)
Draft	4.15 m (13.62 ft)
Propulsion	Two De Laval geared turbines with two shafts and 12,500 hp
Speed	32 knots (59.26 km/h)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482.00 km) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
Complement	Peacetime: 72 men War crew: 83 men
Armament	As built: 3 × 10 cm guns 1 × 40 mm Bofors L/60 anti-aircraft gun 2 × 12.7 mm Colt anti-aircraft machine guns 2 × 53.3 cm trainable torpedo tubes 4 × depth charge throwers After 1942 rebuild: 2 × 4 in. guns 1 × 40 mm Bofors L/60 anti-aircraft gun 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun 1 × 12.7 mm Colt anti-aircraft machine guns 2 × 53.3 cm trainable torpedo tubes 4 × depth charge throwers
Service record
Commanders:	Captain E. Ullring (8 April 1940 – 28 June 1940) Captain T. Horve (28 June 1940 – December 1941) Captain Rolf Hag (December 1941 – 22 July 1942) Lieutenant Kleppe (22 July 1942 – 10 March 1944)
Operations:	Norwegian campaign Battle of Britain
Victories:	2 ships (1,500 tons) captured 2 bombers downed