Commissioned in 1898, HNoMS Harald Haarfagre was a Norwegian coastal defence ship. After the German invasion of Norway, she was seized by the Germans and rebuilt as a floating flak battery under the name Thetis. After the war Harald Haarfagre was used briefly as a floating barracks, and for transporting German POWs, before she was sold for scrapping in 1948. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/norwegian-coastal-defense-ship-hnoms-harald-haarfagre/ #HNoMSHaraldHaarfagre #RoyalNorwegianNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory #CoastalDefenceShip #CoastalDefence

HNoMS Tordenskjold, was a Norwegian coastal defence ship. Considered unfit for war in the mid-1930s. After the German invasion of Norway, she was seized by the Germans and rebuilt as a floating flak battery with 10.5 cm AA guns and renamed Nymphe. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/norwegian-coastal-defence-ship-hnoms-tordenskjold/ #NavalHistory #HNoMSTordenskjold #CoastalDefence #CoastalDefenceShip #Warship #WW2 #RoyalNorwegianNavy #Nymph #FlakShip

Originally HNoMS Tordenskjold, Nymph was a German floating flak battery. Seized by the Germans after their invasion, Tordenskjold was rebuilt as a floating flak battery with 10.5 cm AA guns and renamed Nymphe. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/norwegian-coastal-defence-ship-hnoms-tordenskjold/ #NavalHistory #HNoMSTordenskjold #CoastalDefence #CoastalDefenceShip #Warship #WW2 #RoyalNorwegianNavy #Nymph #FlakShip