HNoMS Tjeld

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Two ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have borne the name HNoMS Tjeld or Kjell (archaic spelling), after the Eurasian oystercatcher:

HNoMS Kjell was a 2.-class torpedo boat launched in 1912, captured by the Germans in 1940 and sunk by British aircraft in 1944.
HNoMS Tjeld (1978) was a Tjeld-class patrol boat launched in 1978 and sold for scrapping in 1992.

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