HNoMS Kjell

Kjell off the coast of Norway.
History
Norway
Name	Kjell
Builder	The Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard in Horten
Yard number	106
Launched	12 March 1912
Commissioned	1912
Captured	by the Germans on 11 April 1940
Germany
Name	KT1
Namesake	Dragoon
Acquired	11 April 1940
Renamed	NK.02 Dragoner after rebuild to minesweeper
Fate	Sunk by RAF de Havilland Mosquitos near off Ryvingen near Mandal, Norway 28 September 1944
General characteristics as built
Class and type	2.-class torpedo boat
Displacement	84 tons
Length	41.1 m (134 ft 10 in)
Beam	4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Draft	2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	1,800 hp (1,300 kW) triple expansion steam engine
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement	21
Armament	1 × 76 mm (3 in) gun 1 × machine gun 1 × fixed torpedo tube in the bow 2 × trainable torpedo launchers
Notes	All the above listed information, unless otherwise noted, was acquired from[1]
General characteristics in German service
Class and type	2.-class torpedo boat
Displacement	84 tons
Length	41.1 m (134 ft 10 in)
Beam	4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Draft	2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	1,800 hp (1,300 kW) triple expansion steam engine
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement	21
Armament	1 × 76 mm (3 in) gun 1 × 37 mm (1.5 in) gun 1 × machine gun 2 × torpedo tubes[2]
Notes	All the above listed information, unless otherwise noted, was acquired from[1]

HNoMS Kjell was the final ship of twenty-seven 2nd class torpedo boats built for the Royal Norwegian Navy, launched at the Royal Norwegian Navy's shipyard in Horten on 12 March 1912 with build number 106.^[1] Kjell saw more than 32 years of service, the first 28 years in the Royal Norwegian Navy during the First World War and in the interwar period, the last four in the Kriegsmarine, having been captured in the first days of the 1940 Norwegian campaign. After being rebuilt as a minesweeper by the Germans, she was sunk by Royal Air Force de Havilland Mosquito fighter bombers on 28 September 1944. Divers rediscovered the shipwreck in 2006.