 Kjell off the coast of Norway.
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| History | |
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 Norway | |
| Name | Kjell |
| Builder | The Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard in Horten |
| Yard number | 106 |
| Launched | 12 March 1912 |
| Commissioned | 1912 |
| Captured | by the Germans on 11 April 1940 |
 Germany | |
| Name | KT1 |
| Namesake | Dragoon |
| Acquired | 11 April 1940 |
| Renamed | NK.02 Dragoner after rebuild to minesweeper |
| Fate | Sunk by RAF de Havilland Mosquitos near off Ryvingen near Mandal, Norway 28 September 1944 |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class and type | 2.-class torpedo boat |
| Displacement | 84 tons |
| Length | 41.1 m (134 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) |
| Draft | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion | 1,800 hp (1,300 kW) triple expansion steam engine |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Complement | 21 |
| Armament |
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| Notes | All the above listed information, unless otherwise noted, was acquired from[1] |
| General characteristics in German service | |
| Class and type | 2.-class torpedo boat |
| Displacement | 84 tons |
| Length | 41.1 m (134 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) |
| Draft | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion | 1,800 hp (1,300 kW) triple expansion steam engine |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Complement | 21 |
| Armament |
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| Notes | All the above listed information, unless otherwise noted, was acquired from[1] |
HNoMS Kjell was the final ship of twenty-seven 2nd class torpedo boats built for the Royal Norwegian Navy, launched at the Royal Norwegian Navy's shipyard in Horten on 12 March 1912 with build number 106.[1] Kjell saw more than 32 years of service, the first 28 years in the Royal Norwegian Navy during the First World War and in the interwar period, the last four in the Kriegsmarine, having been captured in the first days of the 1940 Norwegian campaign. After being rebuilt as a minesweeper by the Germans, she was sunk by Royal Air Force de Havilland Mosquito fighter bombers on 28 September 1944. Divers rediscovered the shipwreck in 2006.