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in 1940, they were taken by the Germans and turned into floating Flak batteries. After the war they were returned to the Royal Norwegian Navy and served as barracks for a short time before they were sold for scrapping.
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class was armoured to withstand battle with ships of a similar class, but her protection system could not withstand attacks from heavier ships nor underwater attacks very well:
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Dodson, Aidan & Nottlemann, Dirk (2023). "The German Flak Ships, Part I: The German and ex-Norwegian Hulls". In Jordan, John (ed.).
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Six 12 cm/45 (4.7 inch), mounted three on each side in a central battery, as the secondary armament.
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Six 7.6 cm/40 (3 inch) guns, also mounted in the central battery, as the tertiary armament.
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was ordered by Norway as part as the general rearmament in the time leading up to the
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Two 21 cm/45 (8.2 inch) guns in turrets fore and aft as the main armament.
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in the mid-1930s, and were used as training vessels. After the
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Six 1-pdr Quick Fire guns. These were meant to be used against
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until they were considered 'unfit for war' in the mid-1930s.
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battleships, although on a scale more suited to the
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