HNoMS Otra (1939)
Otra in November 1939 | |
| History | |
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| Norway | |
| Name | Otra |
| Namesake | The river Otra |
| Builder | Nylands Verksted, Oslo |
| Launched | 5 August 1939 |
| Commissioned | September 1939 |
| Fate | Seized by the Germans 10 April 1940 |
| Germany | |
| Name | Togo |
| Namesake | German Togo |
| Acquired | 10 April 1940 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Handed over to the German Mine Sweeping Administration after VE Day |
| Service record | |
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| Norway | |
| Name | Otra |
| Acquired | 18 January 1946 |
| Commissioned | 30 October 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 21 August 1959 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1963 |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class & type | Otra class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 355 tons |
| Length | 51 m (167.32 ft) |
| Beam | 7 m (22.97 ft) |
| Draft | 1.8 m (5.91 ft) |
| Propulsion | Two 900 hp Triple expansion steam engines, two shafts |
| Speed | 15 knots (27.78 km/h) |
| Range | 1,400 nautical miles (2,592.80 km) at 9 knots (16.67 km/h) |
| Complement | 25 men |
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| General characteristics after German rebuild | |
| Class & type | Vorpostenboot and minelayer |
| Displacement | 355 tons |
| Length | 51 m (167.32 ft) |
| Beam | 7 m (22.97 ft) |
| Draft | 1.8 m (5.91 ft) |
| Propulsion | Two 900 hp Triple expansion steam engines, two shafts |
| Speed | 15 knots (27.78 km/h) |
| Range | 1,400 nautical miles (2,592.80 km) at 9 knots (16.67 km/h) |
| Complement | 25 men |
| Armament |
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| General characteristics after April 1949 Norwegian rebuild | |
| Class & type | Otra class minelayer training ship |
| Displacement | 355 tons |
| Length | 51 m (167.32 ft) |
| Beam | 7 m (22.97 ft) |
| Draft | 1.8 m (5.91 ft) |
| Propulsion | Two 900 hp Triple expansion steam engines, two shafts |
| Speed | 15 knots (27.78 km/h) |
| Range | 1,400 nautical miles (2,592.80 km) at 9 knots (16.67 km/h) |
| Complement | 25 men |
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HNoMS Otra was an Otra-class minesweeper built in 1939 for the Royal Norwegian Navy. Captured by the Germans during the 1940 invasion of Norway and renamed Togo, she was returned to the Norwegians in 1946. Otra remained in service until being sold for scrapping in 1963.