HNoMS Vidar (1878)
HNoMS ''Vidar'' was a Vale class gunboat, ''Vale''-class Rendel gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Horten Naval Yard in 1878. She was one of a class of five gunboats - the other ships in the class were HNoMS Vale (1874), ''Vale'', HNoMS Brage (1878), ''Brage'', HNoMS Nor (1878), ''Nor'' and HNoMS Uller (1876), ''Uller''. ''Vidar'' was, in addition to the heavy, muzzle-loading main gun, armed with a small 'Quick Fire' gun and a 37mm Hotchkiss_gun#Hotchkiss_Revolving_Cannon, Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon (broadly similar to the Gatling gun). Later ''Vidar'', like her sister ships, was rebuilt as a minelayer, and she served in this role when the Operation Weserübung, Germans invaded in 1940. During the Norwegian Campaign she served mainly in Sognefjorden. She was captured by German forces on 14 April 1940, and returned to Norway after the war. ''Vidar'' was built at the Naval Yard at Horten, and had yard number 60. External links Naval history via Flix: KNM Vale
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Naval Ensign Of Norway (1844-1905)
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