The mine layer HNoMS Laugen was built for the Royal Norwegian Navy during World War I, as the lead ship of a two ship class. Her sister ship was Glommen.

History
Norway
NameLaugen
NamesakeLågen River
BuilderAkers Mek. verksted in Kristiania
Launched1918
Capturedby the Germans on 14 April 1940
Nazi Germany
NameNN 05
Acquired14 April 1940
RenamedM 22
FateHanded back to Norway after VE Day
Service record
Operations: Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany
Norway
NameLaugen
Acquired1945
DecommissionedDecommissioned and sold to civilian interests in 1950
FateSold for scrapping in March 1978, bought by the Royal Norwegian Air Force in 1979 and expended as a target ship on 6 June 1979.
General characteristics
Class and typeGlommen class minelayer
Displacement351 tons
Length42 m (137.80 ft)
Beam8.5 m (27.89 ft)
Draft2.1 m (6.89 ft)
PropulsionTwo triple expansion steam engines with a total of 340 hp
Speed9.5 knots (17.59 km/h)
Complement39 men
Armament
  • 2 × 76 mm (2.99 in) guns
  • 120 mines
NotesAll the above listed info was retrieved from [1]

She and her sister ship were kept in service until the German invasion of Norway in 1940. Laugen surrendered to the Germans on 14 April 1940, and like her sister ship was rebuilt as a floating anti-aircraft battery. She was returned to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1945 and decommissioned in 1950.

Laugen was built at Akers mekaniske verksted in Kristiania. She was named after the river Lågen in southern Norway.

References

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  1. ^ Abelsen, Frank (1986). Norwegian naval ships 1939-1945 (in Norwegian and English). Oslo: Sem & Stenersen AS. p. 143. ISBN 82-7046-050-8.
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