- The invasion Capture Sinking
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=as built | Ship class=Vale-class Rendel gunboat | Ship displacement=250 tons | 27.3|m|ft|2|abbr=on}} | 7.9|m|ft|2|abbr=on}} | 2.2|m|ft|2|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion=Two Compound steam engines with 200 hps | 8|kn|km/h|2|lk=in}} | Ship range= | Ship complement=41 men | Ship armament=*1 × 21 cm (10.5 inch) Armstrong RML gun- 1 × 1pdr (cm / inch) QF gun
- 1 × 1pdr (cm / inch) revolving gun
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=after rebuild | Ship class= | Ship displacement=250 tons | 27.3|m|ft|2|abbr=on}} | 7.9|m|ft|2|abbr=on}} | 2.2|m|ft|2|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion=Two Compound steam engines with 200 hps | 8|kn|km/h|2|lk=in}} | Ship range= | Ship complement=31 men | Ship armament=*1 × 12 cm (4.72 inch) gun- 3 × 37 mm (1.46 inch) guns
- 50 mines
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}} | HNoMS Uller was a Vale-class Rendel gunboat constructed for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Karljohansverns Verft Naval Yard in Horten in 1874-1876 and had yard build number 55.[1] She was one of a class of five gunboats - the other ships in the class were Vale, Brage, Nor and Vidar. Uller was, in addition to the heavy, muzzle-loading main gun, armed with a small Quick Fire gun and a 37mm Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon (broadly similar to the Gatling gun). Later Uller and her sister ships were rebuilt as minelayers, and she served in this role when the Germans invaded 9 April 1940. The invasionCaptureWhen the Germans attacked, Uller was mining the sea lanes to Bergen, and was taken by surprise by the German forces. SinkingAfter being pressed into Kriegsmarine service Uller and fellow captured minelayer HNoMS Tyr were mining the entrance to the still Norwegian-held Sognefjorden on 1 May 1940 when they were first bombed unsuccessfully by two Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.11 maritime reconnaissance aircraft of the Sognefjord Air Group and then attacked again later the same day by a Heinkel He 115 of the same unit. In the second attack Uller was hit by a bomb, beached and then scuttled by Tyr. Notes1. ^1 Horten municipal archive of local history: Build numbers at Horten Yard {{no icon}}
Bibliography- {{cite book |title=Norwegian naval ships 1939-1945 |last=Abelsen |first=Frank |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1986 |publisher=Sem & Stenersen AS |location=Oslo |isbn=82-7046-050-8 |page= |pages= |url= |language=Norwegian, English}}
- {{cite book|last=Hauge|first=Andreas|title=Kampene i Norge 1940|volume=1|publisher=Krigshistorisk Forlag|location=Sandefjord|year=1995|isbn=82-993369-0-2|language=Norwegian}}
External links- Naval history via Flix: KNM Vale, retrieved 27 Feb 2006 {{en icon}}
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