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|Builders= [[Karljohansvern]]s Verft Naval Yard, [[Horten]]
|Operators={{navy|Norway}}
|Class before= [[Vale-class gunboat|''Vale''-class gunboat]]
|Class after={{ship|HNoMS|Æger|1894|6}} 
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|Built range=1884&ndash;1887
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|In commission range=1884&ndash;1945
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*{{ship|HNoMS|Tyr|1887|2}} 
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|Ship type= [[Gunboat]], later rebuilt as [[minelayer]]
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|Ship displacement= {{convert|290|LT|t|0}}
|Ship length= {{convert|31.27|m|ftin|abbr=on}} 
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|Ship propulsion=Coal-fired reciprocating steam engines, {{convert|450|shp|kW|0|abbr=on}} 
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|Ship complement=44 (318 after rebuild)
|Ship armament=*''As built'' :
*1 × {{convert|26|cm|in|abbr=on}}/30 [[Krupp]] breechloading gun<ref name="navalhistory">{{Cite web | url=http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/288146x53535/8330/a0.htm | title=Gun Model - GR 10.2in 26cm 30cal Krupp | website=navalhistory.flixco.info | access-date=2006-03-01 | archive-date=2020-11-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110015723/http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/288146x53535/8330/a0.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref>
*1 × 1-pounder ({{convert|37|mm|in|abbr=on}}) automatic gun<ref name="navalhistory"/>
*2 × 1-pounder ({{convert|37|mm|in|abbr=on}}) revolving gun<ref name="navalhistory"/>
*''After rebuild:''
*1 × {{convert|12|cm|in|abbr=on}} gun
*1 × {{convert|76|mm|in|abbr=on}} (''Gor'') ''or'' 1 × {{convert|57|mm|in|abbr=on}} QF gun (''Tyr'')
*2 × {{convert|37|mm|in|abbr=on}} guns
*55 mines
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The '''''Gor'' class''' was a class of two [[Rendel gunboat|Rendel (or "flat-iron") gunboats]] built for the [[Royal Norwegian Navy]] between 1884 and 1887. Small, nimble [[Marine vessel|vessels]], they were armed with a single [[caliber (artillery)|large-caliber]] gun for offensive purposes and several small, quick-firing guns for self-defense.

The main gun was large for such a small craft, roughly a quarter of the length of the whole vessel, and of the same caliber as heavy [[battleship]] guns of the same era. The ''Gor'' class was likely built in the belief that the ships would be able to inflict serious damage to an opposing battleship.

==Service history and fate==
Shortly before the [[World War I|First World War]], both vessels were rebuilt as [[minelayer]]s. During this reconstruction, the heavy, large-caliber gun was replaced with a more modern 12&nbsp;cm [[breech-loading weapon|breech-loader]], and one of the 37&nbsp;mm guns was replaced with a more potent 57&nbsp;mm (''Tyr'') or 76&nbsp;mm (''Gor'') gun. With the heavy gun and [[ammunition]] removed, these diminutive vessels could carry a useful number of mines.

Both vessels were kept in service until the [[Operation Weserübung|German invasion]] in 1940, and both fell into German hands for the remainder of the war.

After the [[World War II|Second World War]], the vessels were returned to the Royal Norwegian Navy, and subsequently [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/288122x53056/8330/a0.htm Naval history via Flix: KNM Gor], retrieved 1 March 2006
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311132932/http://www.lokalhistoriskarkiv.no/arkivet/historiske_sider/horten_verft/byggenummer Byggenummer ved Horten verft], retrieved 1 March 2006
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110514030247/http://hem.fyristorg.com/robertm/norge/Norw_navy_ships.html Ships of the Norwegian navy], retrieved 1 March 2006

{{Norwegian gunships}}

[[Category:Gunboat classes]]
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