Eidsvold
1939
(Argonaut 781)
- Class: Norge - 2 coastal defense ships of 1899
- Displacement: 4,166 tons
- Dimensions: 301.25 (o/a) x 50.5 x 17.67 ft.
- Machinery: 2 screws, S.H.P. 4,500 = 16.5 knots
- Armor: Side belt 6 in., turrets 8 in., deck 2in.
- Armament: 2-8.2 in. (2x1), 6-5.9 in. (6x1), 8-12 pdr. (8x1); 2-21 in. T.T. (2x1)
- Complement: 270
- Builder: Armstrong-Whitworth, Elswick, England
- Laid Down: 1899
- Launched: 14 Jun 1900
- Completed: 1901
- Service: Torpedoed and sunk at Narvik by German destroyer Wilhelm Heidkamp, 9 Apr 1940; 8 survivors. Sister ship Norge also torpedoed and sunk in same action by German destroyer Bernd von Arnim; 97 survivors.
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