HNoMS Ellida (1880)
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HNoMS Ellida was a 1. class gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy. Like the other Norwegian gunships of her era, she carried a reasonable heavy armament on a diminutive hull. A distinct feature of Ellida was that her funnel could be raised and lowered as needed. The vessel was built at the Naval Yard at Horten, and had yard number 59.[citation needed]
Ellida after the rebuild in 1896 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Norway | |
| Name | Ellida |
| Builder | Navy Yard, Karljohansvern |
| Yard number | 59 |
| Launched | 25 August 1880 |
| Commissioned | 1 July 1882 |
| Decommissioned | 1925 |
| Reclassified | Steam corvette, 1896 |
| Refit | 1896 |
| Fate | Sold 1925 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | .1 class gunboat |
| Displacement | 1,006 long tons (1,022 t) or 1,045 long tons (1,062 t) (sources disagree) |
| Propulsion | Reciprocating steam engines and sails |
| Speed | 10.5 knots (12.1 mph; 19.4 km/h) under power |
| Complement | 130 (121 after rebuild) |
| Armament |
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It is unclear from the sources if the listed armament is the original armament, or if Ellida originally was armed with a much heavier main gun like the slightly older 1. class gunboat Sleipner.[citation needed] Ellida, like Sleipner, carried an underwater torpedo tube in her bow for firing Whitehead torpedoes and four tubes mounted to cranes on her sides,[1] and she was the second vessel in the Royal Norwegian Navy equipped with this weapon.
Ellida underwent a refit in 1896, and was reclassified as a steam corvette.[citation needed] From 1898 she was used as a training vessel for cadets;[citation needed] she remained in this role until at least 1907.[2] In 1914 Ellida was refitted once more, and became the mother ship and support vessel for the early Norwegian submarines (the A class). She was decommissioned and sold off in 1925.[citation needed]
