HNoMS Storm (1898)

Storm (right) at Marvika naval base in 1903
History
Norway
Name	Storm
Namesake	Storm
Builder	The Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard at Karljohansvern in Horten
Yard number	79
Launched	1 June 1898
Fate	Sank on 13 April 1940, after striking a skerry on 12 April
General characteristics
Class and type	1. class torpedo boat
Displacement	107 tons
Length	39.9 metres (130.91 ft)
Beam	4.9 metres (16.08 ft)
Draught	2.7 metres (8 ft 10.30 in)
Propulsion	1,100 indicated horsepower triple expansion steam engine
Speed	21 knots (38.89 km/h; 24.17 mph)
Range	900 nautical miles (1,666.80 km; 1,035.70 mi) at 12 knots (22.22 km/h; 13.81 mph) or 500 nautical miles (926.00 km; 575.39 mi) at 16 knots (29.63 km/h; 18.41 mph)
Complement	19 officers and men
Armament	2 × 37 mm QF guns 2 × 45 cm torpedo tubes
Service record
Part of:	4th Torpedo Boat Division (2nd Naval District)
Commanders:	Captain Oppegaard (1900) Lieutenant Thorleif Pettersen (1940)
Operations:	Norwegian campaign

HNoMS Storm was a 1.-class torpedo boat constructed in 1898. Storm served the Royal Norwegian Navy for almost 42 years, including neutrality protection duties during the First World War. She was lost in the 1940 Norwegian campaign of the Second World War. During the Norwegian Campaign, she was the only Norwegian warship that launched a torpedo against the invading Germans.