Profile drawing of Seestern
63,8 tDisplacement
34,90 mLength
19 knSpeed
1901Service status

Wartime history

Capture and fate

After the invasion of Norway, four other old Norwegian torpedo boats that were fallen in German hands were the ones of the 1899 design. Because of their old age, they were only used for secondary duties in the German Navy. Hvas was captured in the Oslo fjord and taken over in German services as Seestern in May 1940. It was returned to Norway in 1945 and scrapped after 1946.

Ship data

Technical profile

Dimensions, weapons and machinery.

Dimensions

Displacement
63,8 t
Length
34,90 m
Beam
4,40 m
Draft
1,80 m

Armament

Main battery
2 x 3,7 cm
Depth charges
4-6 depth charges

Performance

Machinery and speed
900 shp, 19 kn

Service record

Construction record

Laid down
Marinens Hovedverft. Horten, 1900
Launched
1900
Commissioned
1901
Fate
sold to be scrapped 1946-47