Norwegian B-class submarine

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|Ship caption=The B-class submarines B-2, B-3 and B-4 at quay in Norway

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|Builders=Karljohansvern Naval shipyard

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|Class before=A class

|Class after=U class

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|In service range= 1923 – 1946

|In commission range=1 February 1923

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|Total ships completed=6

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|Total ships lost=1

|Total ships retired=5

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|Ship displacement=*365 tons surfaced

  • 545 tons submerged

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  • 2 × {{convert|700|shp|kW|abbr=on}} electric engines

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  • {{convert|8.9|kn|kph}} dived

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  • {{convert|150|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|3|kn|kph|abbr=on}} submerged

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The B-class submarines were a class of six vessels of the US L class built on licence at Karljohansvern naval shipyard in Horten, Norway from 1922 to 1929 and deployed by the Royal Norwegian Navy.

Boats

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  • {{HNoMS|B-1||2}} (1922–1946) Escaped to the United Kingdom 8 June 1940.
  • {{HNoMS|B-2||2}} (1923–1940) Captured by the Germans at Fiskå on 11 April.
  • {{HNoMS|B-3||2}} (1923–1940) Scuttled in Alsvåg, Vesterålen 10 June 1940 by its own crew to prevent capture by the Germans. Ordered to escape to the UK, but prevented by battery explosion.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4006-19JUN01.htm |title=Naval Events, June 1940, Part 1 of 4 Saturday 1st – Friday 7th |access-date=17 April 2010 |last=Kindell |first=Don |work=Naval-History.net }}
  • {{HNoMS|B-4||2}} (1923–1940) Captured by the Germans at Filtvet on 10 April.
  • {{HNoMS|B-5||2}} (1929–1940) Captured by the Germans at Fiskå on 11 April.
  • {{HNoMS|B-6||2}} (1929–1940) Surrendered to German troops on 18 May under threat of bombing of the port of Florø.

See also

References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book |title=Norwegian naval ships 1939–1945 |last=Abelsen |first=Frank |year=1986 |publisher=Sem & Stenersen AS |location=Oslo |isbn=82-7046-050-8 |language=no, en}}

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Category:Submarine classes

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