Three ships of the
Royal Norwegian Navy
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have borne the name HNoMS ''Thor'' or ''Tor'', after the
Norse god of thunder
Thor
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:
* was a
monitor
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launched in 1872, and wrecked on the way to scrapping in 1919.
* was a launched in 1939. In 1940 she was captured by the Germans and renamed ''Tiger''. Returned to the Royal Norwegian Navy after the
Second World War
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, she served until 1959, then sold for scrapping.
* is a commissioned in 2007 and currently serving with the
Norwegian Coast Guard
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, which is part of the Royal Norwegian Navy.
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Royal Norwegian Navy ship names