Profile drawing of Schlange
75 tDisplacement
36,15 mLength
15 knSpeed
1905 (19.04.1940 in German services)Service status

Wartime history

Capture and fate

Two small older torpedo boats of the design 1903 were captured by German troops after to occupation of Norway. The Oern was captured while being under repairs in Horten. Commissioned in April 1940 as Schlange, the boat deserted to Sweden on 16.04.1945. After the war it was given back to Norway where it was scrapped in 1946.

Ship data

Technical profile

Dimensions, weapons and machinery.

Dimensions

Displacement
75 t
Length
36,15 m
Beam
4,50 m
Draft
1,90 m

Armament

Main battery
2 x 3,7 cm
Additional guns
1 MG
Depth charges
6 depth charges

Performance

Machinery and speed
1000 shp,15 kn

Service record

Construction record

Laid down
Marinens Hovedverft Horten, 1903
Launched
08.12.1903
Commissioned
1905 (19.04.1940 in German services)
Fate
scrapped 1946