Henning_15 Players 30 posts 2,174 battles Report post #1 Posted August 19, 2019 The minelayer HNoMS Frøya was built for the Royal Norwegian Navy by the naval shipyard in Horten during World War I, with yard number 108. A fast ship for her time, she was kept in service until the German invasion of Norway in 1940. At some point between her commissioning and 1940, a 76 mm gun was added to her armaments. Frøya was the first purpose-built minelayer commissioned into the RNoN. At the time the Germans invaded Norway, Frøya was underway from Finnmark to Horten naval base in the Oslofjord, and on 8 April she anchored at Brekstad harbour at Ørland at the mouth of the Trondheimsfjord. Due to bad weather Captain T. Schrøder-Nielsen was reluctant to cross Hustadvika bay on with the ship's full load of mines and had sought shelter at Brekstad overnight. When, on the morning of 9 April, the German assault came, the crew of the Frøya observed the intruding German warships making their way to Trondheim. Trapped in the fjord, the decision was made to move the minelayer into the nearby Stjørnfjord. In the Stjørnfjord Frøya repeatedly came under attack from both land based artillery and Luftwaffe bombers. On 13 April Captain Schrøder-Nielsen decided all hope was lost and, refusing to let his ship fall into German hands, he ordered her scuttled. After removing some equipment and Frøya's load of mines for possible later use the crew of Frøya rammed their ship at great speed ashore at Søtvika, opened the ship's valves and at 12:30 fired explosive charges, demolishing her. Shortly after being scuttled the wreck of Frøya was discovered by Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm Rollmann of the German submarine U-34. As the U-boat captain believed her still to be salvageable for the Norwegians the submarine torpedoed Frøya, blowing the stern off the already wrecked minelayer. Tier II Premium Cruiser Frøya __________________________________________ SURVIVABILITY Hitpoints: 17 600 __________________________________________ ARTILLERY 4 × 1 105 mm guns Reload TIme: 8.0 s 180 Turn Time: 11.0 s Maximum Dispersion: 97 m Maximum HE Shell Damage: 1700 Chance Of HE Shells Causing A Fire On Target: 4.0% HE Shell Armor Penetration Capacity: 19 mm Maximum AP Shell Damage: 2000 Main Battery Firing Range: 9.1 km __________________________________________ TORPEDOES 2 × 1 460 mm torpedo tubes Reload Time: 31.0 s Maximum Damage: 6013 Torpedo Speed: 49 knots Torpedo Range: 4.5 km ___________________________________________ MANEUVERABILITY Maximum Speed: 22.0 knots Turning Circle Radius: 460 m Rudder Shift Time: 5.0 s ____________________________________________ CONCEALMENT Detectability Range By Sea: 8.4 km Detectability Range By Air: 4.0 km Assured Detectability Range: 2.0 km Detectability After Firing Main Guns in Smoke: 3.7 km ____________________________________________ ARMOR LAYOUT Deck: Aft End Deck 6 mm Middle Deck 20 mm Fore End Deck 6 mm Plating: Aft End Plating 6 mm Middle Plating 21 mm Fore End Plating 6 mm Turrets: 6 mm Citadel Plating: 9 mm ____________________________________________ CONSUMABLES Damage Control Party Action Time 5s Reload Time For I 90 s Reload Time For II 60 s ____________________________________________ PICTURES OF THE CRUISER FRØYA SCUTTLE OF THE SHIP 13 APRIL 1940 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
