HNoMS Hitra

HNoMS Hitra entering Scalloway harbour in the Shetland Islands, June 2003
History
United States
NameSC-718
BuilderFisher Boat Works, Detroit
Laid down22 September 1942
Launched31 March 1943
Commissioned25 May 1943
FateTransferred to Royal Norwegian Navy, October 1943
Norway
NameHitra
NamesakeIsland of Hitra
Commissioned26 October 1943
Decommissioned8 December 1954
Identification
FateSold to civilian interests in 1958, gifted to the Royal Norwegian Navy Museum in Horten in 1981; Museum ship
General characteristics
Displacement125 tons
Length110.6 ft (33.71 m)
Beam18.8 ft (5.73 m)
Draft6 ft (1.83 m)
PropulsionTwo General Motors diesel engines with 1,200 hp, two shafts. After 1999: Two retrofitted 550 hp MTU 8V 183 TE72 diesel engines.
Speed20 knots (37.04 km/h). Cruising speed after 1999, with MTU engines: 15,2 knots (25.93 km/h)
Range2,500 nautical miles (4,630.00 km) at 10 knots (18.52 km/h)
Complement24 men
Armament
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HNoMS Hitra is a Royal Norwegian Navy submarine chaser that saw action during World War II. She is named after the Norwegian island of Hitra.

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