HNoMS Æger

HNoMS Æger was a Sleipner-class destroyer launched at Karljohansvern naval shipyard in Horten in 1936. The Sleipner class was part of a Norwegian rearmament scheme started as war became ever more likely in the 1930s. When the Germans invaded Norway on 9 April 1940, Æger intercepted and sank the clandestine German supply ship Roda. She was shortly afterwards attacked and sunk by German bombers, claiming two of the attacking aircraft with her anti-aircraft armament before being taken out of action by a heavy bomb. This makes her the first naval ship sunk by aeroplane in hostility.

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1936 — 1940 Wikidata
length 74.3 metre,
Sleipner-class destroyer, destroyer, Royal Norwegian Navy,

Location: 59.0076, 5.7187, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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U-974 ⓘ
1943 Type VIIC submarine
HNoMS Æger ⓘ
1936 Sleipner-class destroyer

1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

1940-04-09T00:00:00Z

1936 — 1940 HNoMS Æger

1936-08-25T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

0872-07-22T00:00:00Z

872 Battle of Hafrsfjord

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

event	armed conflict		Battle of Boknafjorden	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	872	Battle of Hafrsfjord	Kingdom of Hordaland, naval battle, Kingdom of Rogaland, Kingdom of Vestfold, Kingdom of Agder	Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-974	Type VIIC submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1936	HNoMS Æger	Sleipner-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
site	fort		Finnøy Fort	fort	Wikidata

HNoMS Æger

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