HNoMS Frøya
| Name | HNoMS Frøya | ||
| Type: | Cruiser-minelayer | ||
| Tonnage | 595 tons | ||
| Completed | 1916 - Marinens Hovedverft, Horten | ||
| Owner | Royal Norwegian Navy | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 13 Apr 1940 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-34 (Wilhelm Rollmann) | ||
| Position | Grid AF 6775 | ||
| Complement | 78 officers and men (0 dead and 78 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Finnmark - Brekstad - Horten | ||
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| History | Launched on 20 Jun, 1916 Commissioned on 1 Jul, 1918 HNoMS Frøya was armed with four 10cm and one 76mm guns, two 45cm torpedo tubes and could carry 96 mines. The 76mm gun was replaced by a 20mm Oerlikon gun on 5 Dec, 1939. | ||
| Notes on loss | When the German attack on Norway began on 8 Apr, 1940, HNoMS Frøya (Lt Th. Schrøder-Nielsen) was en route from Finnmark to Oslofjord and anchored near the mouth of the Trondheimsfjord, then moved to protect the fortress of Agdenes. On 13 April, after some battles with German warships, the damaged minelayer was beached near Søtvika and demolished by the crew when the fortress surrendered and the ship was trapped in the Fjord. At 18.58 hours on 13 April, U-34 struck the vessel with a coup de grâce to prevent salvage operations, ripping off the stern. | ||
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