HNoMS Bergen (1946)

HNoMS Bergen was a C-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy as HMS Cromwell. She was built by Scotts of Greenock between 1944 and 1946 and initially was to have been called Cretan. She was sold to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1946 and renamed Bergen. She was scrapped in 1967.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Cretan and HNoMS Bergen.

HMS Cromwell, 1946
History
United Kingdom
NameCromwell (initially Cretan)
BuilderScotts, Greenock
Laid down24 November 1943
Launched6 August 1945
Commissioned16 September 1946
Out of service1946
IdentificationPennant number: R35
FateSold to the Royal Norwegian Navy
History
Norway
NameBergen
Commissioned1946
IdentificationPennant number: D304
FateScrapped 1967
General characteristics
Class and typeC-class destroyer
Displacement1,710 tons (standard) 2,520 tons (full)
Length363 ft (111 m) o/a
Beam35.75 ft (10.90 m)
Draught
  • 10 ft (3.0 m) light
  • 14.5 ft (4.4 m) full
Propulsion
  • 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers,
  • Parsons geared steam turbines,
  • 40,000 shp (30,000 kW), 2 shafts
Speed37 knots (69 km/h)
Range615 tons oil, 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement186
Armament
  • 4 × QF 4.5 in (114 mm) L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V
  • 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV
  • 4 × anti-aircraft mountings;
  • Bofors 40 mm, single mount Mk.III
  • QF 2-pdr Mk VIII, single mount Mk.XVI
  • Oerlikon 20 mm, single mount P Mk.III
  • Oerlikon 20 mm, twin mount Mk.V
  • 1 × quadruple tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX
  • 4 × depth charge throwers
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