HNoMS Uller (1876)
Vale-class gunboat | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Norway | |
| Name | Uller |
| Namesake | Norse god Ullr |
| Builder | Karljohansverns Verft Naval Yard in Horten |
| Yard number | 55 |
| Laid down | 1874 |
| Launched | 21 July 1876 |
| Commissioned | 1876 |
| Captured | by the Germans on 9 April 1940 |
| Service record | |
| Operations: | Opposing the German invasion of Norway |
| Nazi Germany | |
| Name | Uller |
| Acquired | 9 April 1940 |
| Fate | Bombed and damaged by Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service Heinkel He 115, then scuttled by Tyr |
| Service record | |
| Operations: | Norwegian Campaign |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class & type | Vale-class Rendel gunboat |
| Displacement | 250 tons |
| Length | 27.3 m (89.57 ft) |
| Beam | 7.9 m (25.92 ft) |
| Draft | 2.2 m (7.22 ft) |
| Propulsion | Two Compound steam engines with 200 hps |
| Speed | 8 knots (14.82 km/h) |
| Complement | 41 men |
| Armament |
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| General characteristics after rebuild | |
| Displacement | 250 tons |
| Length | 27.3 m (89.57 ft) |
| Beam | 7.9 m (25.92 ft) |
| Draft | 2.2 m (7.22 ft) |
| Propulsion | Two Compound steam engines with 200 hps |
| Speed | 8 knots (14.82 km/h) |
| Complement | 31 men |
| Armament |
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HNoMS Uller was a Vale-class Rendel gunboat constructed for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Karljohansverns Verft Naval Yard in Horten in 1874-1876 and had yard build number 55. She was one of a class of five gunboats - the other ships in the class were Vale, Brage, Nor and Vidar.
Uller was, in addition to the heavy, muzzle-loading main gun, armed with a small Quick Fire gun and a 37mm Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon (broadly similar to the Gatling gun).
Later Uller and her sister ships were rebuilt as minelayers, and she served in this role when the Germans invaded 9 April 1940.