HNoMS Æger (1936)
1936 shipsDestroyers sunk by aircraftMaritime incidents in April 1940Ships built in HortenShips sunk by German aircraft ... and 3 more
Sleipner-class destroyersWorld War II destroyers of NorwayWorld War II shipwrecks in the North Sea
HNoMS Æger was a Sleipner-class destroyer launched at Karljohansvern naval shipyard in Horten in 1936. The Sleipner class was part of a Norwegian rearmament scheme started as war became ever more likely in the 1930s. When the Germans invaded Norway on 9 April 1940, Æger intercepted and sank the clandestine German supply ship Roda. She was shortly afterwards attacked and sunk by German bombers, claiming two of the attacking aircraft with her anti-aircraft armament before being taken out of action by a heavy bomb. This makes her the first naval ship sunk by aeroplane in hostility.
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Skeiehagen, Stavanger Hundvåg
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| N 59.0076 ° | E 5.7187 ° |
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Skeiehagen 64
4083 Stavanger, Hundvåg
Norway
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