HSwMS Drottning Victoria, was a Sverige-class coastal defence ship of the Swedish Navy. She was launched on 15 September 1917 at Kockums in Malmö and delivered to the Navy on 12 March 1921. Armament consisted of four 28 cm guns and a secondary armament of eight 15.2 cm guns. The ship was decommissioned in 1957 and was later sold for scrapping. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hswms-drottning-victoria-swedish-coastal-defence-ship/ #coastaldefenceship #swedishnavy #MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #HSWMSdottningVictoria #warship
HNoMS Eidsvold was a coastal defence ship in the Royal Norwegian Navy. Built by Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle on Tyne in 1899, she was obsolete when sunk by German torpedoes in Narvik harbour on 9 April 1940 during the German invasion of Norway. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/norwegian-coastal-defense-ship-hnoms-eidsvold/ #MaritimeHistory #HNoMSEidsvold #CoastalDefenceShip #warship #NorwegianNavy #WW2
HSwMS Aran Swedish Coastal Defence Ship. Seen here in camouflage and neutrality marking in 1944. She entered service on 7 September 1902, and was stricken on 13 June 1947. The hulk sank while under tow in 1968. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/swedish-coastal-defense-ship-hswms-aran/ #MaritimeHistory #HSwMSAran #HMSAran #CoastalDefenceShip #Warship #SwedishNavy
HNoMS Norge was a coastal defence ship of the Eidsvold-class in the Royal Norwegian Navy. Built by Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle on Tyne, she was torpedoed and sunk by German destroyers in Narvik harbour on 9 April 1940. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/norwegian-coastal-defense-ship-hnoms-norge/ #MaritimeHistory #HNoMSNorge #HMSNorge #norge #CoastalDefenceShip #warship #WW2 #WorldWarTwo #SecondWorldWar #navy #naval #NavalHistory #military
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
Norwegian Coastal Defense Ship HNoMS Harald Haarfagre - Destination's Journey

Commissioned in 1898, HNoMS Harald Haarfagre was a Norwegian coastal defence ship. She was sold for scrap in 1948

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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
Norwegian Coastal Defence Ship HNoMS Tordenskjold - Destination's Journey

HNoMS Tordenskjold HNoMS Tordenskjold, was a Norwegian coastal defence ship. She, her sister ship, Harald Haarfagre, and the slightly newer Eidsvold class were built as a part of the general rearmament in the time leading up to the events in 1905. A vital part of the Royal Norwegian Navy, Tordenskjold performed ordinary duties until 1918, when […]

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