Gor-class gunboat

Class overview
Builders	Karljohansverns Verft Naval Yard, Horten
Operators	Royal Norwegian Navy
Preceded by	Vale-class gunboat
Succeeded by	HNoMS Æger
Built	1884–1887
In commission	1884–1945
Completed	Gor; Tyr;
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Gunboat, later rebuilt as minelayer
Displacement	290 long tons (295 t)
Length	31.27 m (102 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	Coal-fired reciprocating steam engines, 450 shp (336 kW)
Speed	10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement	44 (318 after rebuild)
Armament	As built :; 1 × 26 cm (10 in)/30 Krupp breechloading gun; 1 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) automatic gun; 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) revolving gun; After rebuild:; 1 × 12 cm (4.7 in) gun; 1 × 76 mm (3.0 in) (Gor) or 1 × 57 mm (2.2 in) QF gun (Tyr); 2 × 37 mm (1.5 in) guns; 55 mines;

The Gor class was a class of two Rendel (or "flat-iron") gunboats built for the Royal Norwegian Navy between 1884 and 1887. Small, nimble vessels, they were armed with a single large-caliber gun for offensive purposes and several small, quick-firing guns for self-defense.

The main gun was large for such a small craft, roughly a quarter of the length of the whole vessel, and of the same caliber as heavy battleship guns of the same era. The Gor class was likely built in the belief that the ships would be able to inflict serious damage to an opposing battleship.

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