HNoMS Brann

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Several ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have borne the name HNoMS Brann or Brand (archaic spelling):

HNoMS Brand (1898) was a 1.-class torpedo boat launched in 1898, captured by the Germans in 1940, returned in 1945 and scrapped in 1946.
HNoMS Brand (1947) was a former German E-boat (ex-S-303) which was commissioned into the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1947 and decommissioned in 1951.^[1]
HNoMS Brann (P970) was a Storm-class fast patrol boat built in 1967 and decommissioned in 1990.^[1]

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HNoMS Brand was a 1.-class torpedo boat constructed in 1898. She served the Royal Norwegian Navy for more than four decades, including neutrality protection duties during the First World War. Having once again been employed on neutrality protection duty at the outbreak of the Second World War, Brand was captured by the Germans during their invasion of Norway in April 1940.

References

1 2 Sivertsen, Svein Carl (ed.) (2001). Sjøforsvaret dag for dag 1814-2000 (in Norwegian). Hundvåg: Sjømilitære Samfund ved Norsk Tidsskrift for Sjøvesen. p. 286. ISBN 82-92217-03-7.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

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[Sivertsen-1] 1 2 Sivertsen, Svein Carl (ed.) (2001). Sjøforsvaret dag for dag 1814-2000 (in Norwegian). Hundvåg: Sjømilitære Samfund ved Norsk Tidsskrift for Sjøvesen. p. 286. ISBN 82-92217-03-7.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

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