HNoMS Æger (1894)

Æger HNoMS Æger. Note how large the 21 cm gun is compared to the overall size of the vessel.
Career	Norwegian State and Navy Flag
Name:	HNoMS Æger
Builder:	Karljohansverns Verft Naval Yard, Horten
Launched:	17 May 1894
Commissioned:	1894
Decommissioned:	1932
General characteristics
Type:	Rendel gunboat
Displacement:	413 long tons (420 t) or 420 long tons (427 t) [sources disagree]
Length:	33.22 m (109.0 ft)
Draught:	2.36 m (7 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:	350 hp (260 kW) engine
Speed:	9.8 knots (11.3 mph; 18.1 km/h)
Complement:	43
Armament:	• 1 × 21 cm (8.3 in) gun • 1 × 10-pdr 7.11 cm (2.8 in) QF gun • 2 × 4-pdr 5 cm (2.0 in) QF guns
Armour:	Deck: 38 mm (1.5 in)

For other ships of the same name, see HNoMS Æger.

HNoMS Æger was a Rendel gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Horten Naval Yard in 1894, as the last of the 2. class gunboats. Larger than the other, older 2. class gunboats, Æger had a 38 mm (1.5 inch) armoured deck.

She was known as Padda ("The Toad") due to the way she looked, and was kept in the fleet until she was decommissioned in 1932.

For such a small vessel, just over 33 meters long, she carried a very large gun, comparable to battleship guns of the era.

References

• Naval history via Flix: KNM Aegir, retrieved 13 Feb 2006
• Byggenummer ved Horten verft, retrieved 13 Feb 2006
• Sjøforsvaret dag for dag, retrieved 1 March 2006