HNOMS KJELL

'HNoMS Kjell'
'Career'	Norwegian Navy flag
Ordered:
Laid down:	1911
Launched:	1912
Commissioned:	1913
Fate:	Sunk 1944
'General characteristics'
Displacement:	103 tons
Dimensions:	41.10m x 4.50m x 2.50m
Armament:	1 x 76 mm (3 in) gun 1 x 37 mm (1.45 in) gun 1 x machine gun 1x fixed torpedo tube.
Propulsion:	1800 shp, 25 knots
Crew:

'HNoMS ''Kjell''' was a Lyn class torpedo boat of the Royal Norwegian Navy. Launched in Norway in 1912. After the outbreak off WWII, she took part in neutrality guarding duties. In February 1940 ''Kjell '' escorted the German tanker and POW ship ''Altmark'' through Norwegian waters up until the Altmark incident.
''Kjell'' was captured by the Germans in 1940 during the German invasion of Norway in World War II. The Germans used her as a patrol boat under the names ''Grenadier'' and later ''NK02 Dragoner''.
The ship was sunk near Mandal 28 September 1944 by British aircraft of the No. 248 Squadron RAF. Seven German sailors lost their lives.

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See also

★ List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons

External links

★ Article in Fedrelandsvennen

★ Captured Norwegian Torpedobater Kl. II Kjell