Profile drawing of Troll
578 tDisplacement
69,2 mLength
27knSpeed
1910 (18.05.1940 in German services)Service status

Wartime history

Capture and fate

The small Norwegian destroyer Troll was captured by German forces on 04.05.1940 at Floro. Recommissioned under its old name on 18.05.1940 the ship served as a torpedo boat for a short time but due to its age it was removed from active duty. Converted into a water distillation and steam supply ship, the Troll was used at Laksevaag shipyard between 1941 and 1945 when it was returned to norway again. It was stricken form fleet lists in 1947 and scrapped in 1949.

Ship data

Technical profile

Dimensions, weapons and machinery.

Dimensions

Displacement
578 t
Length
69,2 m
Beam
7,2 m
Draft
2,7 m

Armament

Main battery
6 x 7,6 cm
Torpedo tubes
3 x 45,5 cm torpedoes

Performance

Machinery and speed
8000 shp, 27kn

Service record

Construction record

Laid down
Marinens Hovedverft. Horten, 1908
Launched
07.07.1910
Commissioned
1910 (18.05.1940 in German services)
Fate
scrapped 1949