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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=Norway | Norway|naval}} | Ship name=Vale | Ship namesake=Váli – son of the god Odin and the giantess Rindr | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=Karljohansverns Verft Naval Yard in Horten | Ship yard number=54 | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=14 April 1874 | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned=1874 | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship honours= | Ship captured=by the Germans in 1940 | Ship fate= | Ship status= | Ship notes=
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=as built | Ship class=Vale-class Rendel gunboat | Ship displacement=260 tons | 28|m|ft|2|abbr=on}} | Ship beam= | Ship draft= | Ship propulsion=220 hp steam engine | 8.5|kn|km/h|2|lk=in}} | Ship range= | Ship complement=41 | Ship armament=*1 × 21 cm (10.5 inch) 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=260 tons | 28|m|ft|2|abbr=on}} | Ship beam= | Ship draft= | Ship propulsion=220 hp steam engine | 8.5|kn|km/h|2|lk=in}} | Ship range= | Ship complement=31 | Ship armament=*1 × 12 cm (4.72 inch) gun- 3 × 37 mm (1.46 inch) guns
- 50 mines
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}} | HNoMS Vale was a Vale-class Rendel gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Karljohansvern Naval Yard in 1874. She was one of a class of five gunboats - the other ships in the class was Brage, Nor, Uller and Vidar. Vale 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 Vale and her sister ships was rebuilt as mine layers, and she served in this role when the Germans invaded in 1940. During the Norwegian Campaign she served mainly in the Sognefjord. She was captured by German forces after the surrender of Norwegian forces in southern Norway, and returned to Norway after the war. The vessel was built at the Naval Yard at Horten, and had yard number 54. External links- Naval history via Flix: KNM Vale, retrieved 14 Feb 2006
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