Sleipner-class destroyer
The lead Sleipner-class destroyer HNoMS Sleipner at sea in 1937 | |
| Class overview | |
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| Name | Sleipner class |
| Builders |
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| Operators | Royal Norwegian Navy Kriegsmarine |
| Preceded by | Draug class |
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| In service | 1936–1959 |
| Completed | 6 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Scrapped | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 735 tons |
| Length | 74.30 m (243.77 ft) |
| Beam | 7.80 m (25.59 ft) |
| Draught | 4.15 m (13.62 ft) |
| Propulsion | 12,500 shp (9,300 kW) De Laval oil fuelled steam turbines |
| Speed | 32 knots (59.26 km/h) |
| Complement | 75 |
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The Sleipner class was a class of six destroyers built for the Royal Norwegian Navy from 1936 until the German invasion in 1940. The design was considered advanced for its time, and it was the first class of vessels for the Norwegian Navy that used aluminium in the construction of the bridge, the mast and the outer funnel. Extra strength special steel was used in the construction of the hull. Unlike the earlier Draug class the Sleipner class had comparatively good capabilities in both main guns, anti-aircraft artillery and anti-submarine weapons. The class was named after Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse of Odin.