HNoMS Svenner (G03)
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For other ships with the same name, see HNoMS Svenner and HMS Shark.
HNoMS Svenner was a Royal Norwegian Navy destroyer during the Second World War. She was built for the Royal Navy as the S-class destroyer HMS Shark but on completion was lent to the Norwegian Armed Forces in exile. Svenner was sunk off Sword, one of the Allied landing zones in Normandy, at dawn on 6 June 1944 while supporting the British Army Normandy landings. It was the only Allied ship to be sunk by the Kriegsmarine during the morning of the invasion.
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The S-class destroyer Svenner at Scapa Flow | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Shark |
Builder | Scotts, Greenock[1] |
Laid down | 5 November 1941 |
Launched | 1 June 1943 |
Identification | Pennant number G03 |
Fate | Transferred to Norway |
Norway | |
Name | Svenner |
Namesake | The island of Svenner |
Commissioned | 11 March 1944 |
Fate | Sunk 6 June 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | S-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 362 ft 9 in (110.6 m) (o/a) |
Beam | 35 ft 9 in (10.9 m) |
Draught | 14 ft 6 in (4.4 m) (deep) |
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Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines |
Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Range | 4,675 nmi (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
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