HNoMS Glommen (1916)

History
Norway
Name	Glommen
Namesake	Glomma River
Builder	Akers Mek. verksted in Kristiania
Launched	1916
Decommissioned	14 April 1940
Fate	Scuttled in 1944
General characteristics
Class & type	Glommen class minelayer
Displacement	351 tons
Length	42 m (137.80 ft)
Beam	8.5 m (27.89 ft)
Draft	2.3 m (7.55 ft)
Propulsion	340 hp steam engine
Speed	9.9 knots (18.33 km/h)
Complement	35 men
Armament	2 × 76 mm (2.99 in) guns 120 mines

The minelayer HNoMS Glommen was built for the Royal Norwegian Navy during World War I, as the lead ship of the two ship Glommen class of mine layers. Her sister ship was Laugen. Glommen and her sister ship were kept in service until the German invasion of Norway in 1940. Glommen surrendered to the Germans on 14 April 1940, and was rebuilt as a floating anti-aircraft battery. She was scuttled at Kirkenes in 1944 by the retreating Germans.

Glommen was built at Akers mekaniske verksted in Kristiania.

She was named after the Glomma - the longest and largest river in Norway.

• List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons

• Naval history via FLIX: Glommen, retrieved 17 March 2006