The Bjørgvin-class coastal battleships were ordered by Norway in 1912 to supplement the older Eidsvold and Tordenskjold-class coastal defence ships. The...
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Coastal defence ships (sometimes called coastal battleships or coast defence ships) were warships built for the purpose of coastal defence, mostly during...
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Eidsvold class was a class of coastal defence ships, two of which were built for the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1899 by Armstrong Whitworth. The class consisted...
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HMS Glatton (1914) (redirect from HNoMS Bjørgvin)
HMS Glatton and her sister ship Gorgon were originally built as coastal defence ships for the Royal Norwegian Navy, as Bjørgvin and Nidaros respectively...
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HMS Gorgon (1914) (category Bjørgvin-class coastal defence ships)
her sister ship Glatton were two monitors originally built as coastal defence ships for the Royal Norwegian Navy, as HNoMS Nidaros and Bjørgvin respectively...
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HNoMS Eidsvold (redirect from Eidsvold (Ship))
HNoMS Eidsvold was a coastal defence ship and the lead ship of her class, serving in the Royal Norwegian Navy. Built by Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle...
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This is a list of capital ships (battleships, ironclads and coastal defence ships) of minor navies: El Plata class ARA El Plata (1874) ARA Los Andes (1874)...
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HNoMS Harald Haarfagre (redirect from German ship Tethis)
Haarfagre, was a Norwegian coastal defence ship. She, her sister ship Tordenskjold and the slightly newer Eidsvold class were built as part of the general...
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HNoMS Norge (redirect from Norge (Ship))
It was intended to augment the Norwegian coastal defence ship fleet with the two ships of the Bjørgvin class, ordered in 1912, but after these were requisitioned...
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April 1940. Norge (1900–1940) – Sunk at Narvik on 9 April 1940. Bjørgvin class Bjørgvin (1912) – Seized by the Royal Navy and renamed HMS Glatton, blew...
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HNoMS Tordenskjold (category Tordenskjold-class coastal defence ships)
Tordenskjold, was a Norwegian coastal defence ship. She, her sister ship, Harald Haarfagre, and the slightly newer Eidsvold class were built as a part of the...
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Glatton were originally built as coastal defence ships for the Royal Norwegian Navy, as HNoMS Nidaros and HNoMS Bjørgvin respectively but requisitioned...
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List of monitors of the Royal Navy (category Lists of Royal Navy ships by type)
Gorgon-class monitors were originally built as coastal defence ships for the Royal Norwegian Navy, but requisitioned for British use. The M15-class monitors...
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BL 6-inch Mk XIII – XVIII naval gun (category Coastal artillery)
War I began, Armstrong-Whitworth were building the coast defence ships Nidaros and Bjørgvin for Norway. They were acquired by the British government and...
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The list of ship launches in 1914 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1914. Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 54. Friedman 2009, p. 308...
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Ribe (Denmark), Hedeby (Germany), Vineta (Pomerania), Truso (Poland), Bjørgvin (Norway), Kaupang (Norway), Skiringssal (Norway), Birka (Sweden), Bordeaux...
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