| Navy | The Royal Norwegian Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type III) |
| Pennant | L 44 |
| Built by | Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 28 Jul 1940 |
| Laid down | 4 Feb 1941 |
| Launched | 5 Jan 1942 |
| Commissioned | 12 Jun 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped in 1961. |
Commands listed for HNoMS Glaisdale (L 44)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Thore Horve, | 1 Jun 1942 | 1 Jun 1943 |
| 2 | Dagfinn Ellif Kjeholt, | 1 Jun 1943 | 12 Jul 1944 |
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Notable events involving Glaisdale include:
15 Nov 1942
HNoMS Glaisdale (Lt.Cdr. T. Horve, RNN) picks up 312 survivors from the British troop transport Ettrick, 188 survivors from the American cargo transport USS Almaack and 12 survivors from the British escort carrier HMS Avenger that were torpedoed by German U-boat U-155 about 120 nautical miles northwest of Gibraltar in position 36°13'N, 07°54'W.
11 Jul 1943
The British escort destroyers HMS Melbreak (Lt. G.E.C.G. Baines, RN), HMS Wensleydale (Lt. W.P. Goodfellow, RNVR) and the Norwegian escort destroyer HNoMS Glaisdale (Lt. D.E. Kjeholt, RNN) intercept a German convoy off Quessant, France. In the resulting battle the German minesweeper M-153 (874 tons) is sunk by the Glaisdale but Melbreak in turn is heavily damaged by the German torpedo boats T-24 and T-25.
23 Jun 1944
HNoMS Glaisdale (Lt. D.E. Kjeholt, RNN) was badly damaged by a mine off Normandy. She was towed to Hartlepool and taken out of service for the rest of the war. Glaisdale was decommissioned on 12 July 1944.
Repaired at Horten yard, Norway after the war. Served post war from 10 August 1946 until 1961 being renamed HNoMS Narvik (F 309). (1)
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