HNOMS TRYGG

'HNoMS ''Trygg''' (trygg is Norwegian for safe, secure, dependable) was a Royal Norwegian Navy torpedo boat. Her hull was built in Moss and she was finished in Horten. She had two sister ships: HNoMS ''Snøgg'' and HNoMS ''Stegg''. Together the three vessels formed the ''Trygg'' class of torpedo boats.
==The Norwegian campaign==
''Trygg'' was commanded by Frantz W. Munster and made an heroic effort against the invading Germans outside Molde and Åndalsnes in April 1940 (Battle of Åndalsnes), surviving numerous air attacks. The ship was finally sunk at Åndalsnes 25 April 1940. As the torpedoboat was anchored up in the harbor the Luftwaffe bombers first attacked and knocked out British AA positions ashore before turning their attention towards the small Norwegian warship. A total of sixteen bombs were dropped against ''Trygg'', one hitting the stern of the ship without exploding. The damage the bomb caused on its way through ''Trygg'' was however too much for her to stay afloat. The captain beached his ship before the stern went under, the ship settled on her side and sank in shallow waters the next day.

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German service as the Zick

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Footnotes

Literature

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German service as the Zick

The ship was salvaged by the Germans, renamed '''Zick''' and made service as a "Vorpostenboot" until she was sunk by British planes outside Bergen on 23 October, 1944.

See also

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

Footnotes

1. Abelsen 1986: 170
2. Sivertsen 1999: 110
3. german-navy.de on the ''Zick''

Literature

★ Abelsen, Frank: ''Norwegian naval ships 1939-1945'', Sem & Stenersen AS, Oslo 1986, ISBN 82-7046-050-9 /

★ Berg, Ole F.: ''I skjærgården og på havet -Marinens krig 8. april 1940 - 8. mai 1945'', Marinens krigsveteranforening, Oslo 1997, ISBN 82-993545-2-8

★ Sivertsen, Svein Carl (ed.): ''Jageren Sleipner i Romsdalsfjord sjøforsvarsdistrikt april 1940'', Sjømilitære Samfund ved Norsk Tidsskrift for Sjøvesen, Hundvåg 1999

External links

★ Royal Norwegian Navy

★ Trygg in German service