| Navy | The Royal Norwegian Navy |
| Type | Coastal defence ship |
| Class | Eidsvold |
| Pennant | |
| Built by | Armstrong Whitworth & Co., Ltd. (Elswick), Newcastle upon Tyne, England, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 14 Jun 1900 |
| Commissioned | 29 Mar 1901 |
| Lost | 9 Apr 1940 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Eidsvold (Capt. Odd Isaachsen Willoch) was torpedoed and sunk at Narvik during the German invasion of Norway by torpedoes from the German destroyer Z 21 / Wilhelm Heidkamp. 175 of the crew went down with the ship, there were only 6 survivors. Captain Willoch's last words "Nå skal vi sloss gutter", "Now we shall fight lads" is a famus slogan in Norway. |
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