Allied Warships

HNoMS Sleipner (H 48)

Destroyer of the Sleipner class

NavyThe Royal Norwegian Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassSleipner 
PennantH 48 
Built byHorten Navy Yard (Oslo, Norway) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched7 May 1936 
Commissioned1 Jul 1937 
End service10 Mar 1944 
History

Pennant number H 48 was used after her escape to Britain in 1940.
Decommissioned on 10 March 1944.
Returned to Norway in 1945 and converted into an ASW frigate in 1948.
Scrapped in 1959. Scrapped

 

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Notable events involving Sleipner include:


25 Sep 1940
HNoMS Sleipner is docked in the floating dock (AFD 3) at the Rosyth Dockyard. (1)

4 Oct 1940
HNoMS Sleipner is undocked. (1)

12 Nov 1940
HMS Zulu (Cdr. J.S. Crawford, DSO, RN) is again docked in No.3 graving dock at the Rosyth Dockyard. She is docked together with HNoMS Sleipner. (1)

16 Dec 1940
HMS Zulu (Cdr. J.S. Crawford, DSO, RN) and HNoMS Sleipner are undocked. (1)

19 Dec 1940
HMS Zulu (Cdr. J.S. Crawford, DSO, RN) and HNoMS Sleipner are docked in No.1 graving dock at the Rosyth Dockyard. (1)

14 Jan 1941
HNoMS Sleipner is undocked. (1)

19 Sep 1941
HNoMS Sleipner is docked in the floating dock (AFD 3) at the Rosyth Dockyard. (1)

22 Sep 1941
HNoMS Sleipner is undocked. (1)

Media links


Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.

Sources

  1. Rosyth Dockyard docking register

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