HNoMS ''Trygg'' (trygg is Norwegian for safe, secure, dependable) was a torpedo boat of the

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. Her hull was built in

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and she was finished in

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, with build number 109. ''Trygg'' had two sister ships: HNoMS ''Snøgg'' and HNoMS ''Stegg''. Together the three vessels formed the ''Trygg'' class of torpedo boats.

Neutrality protection

At the outbreak of the

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, ''Trygg'' and other Norwegian warships were deployed along the Norwegian coastline to guard against neutrality violations by the warring parties. In one incident the British submarine ''Triad'' suffered technical difficulties off the Norwegian coast and was forced to enter Norwegian territorial waters near

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on 1 December 1939. After the submarine had been allowed to carry out rudimentary emergency repairs, ''Trygg'' escorted her out of Norwegian waters the next day.

Norwegian Campaign service

During the Norwegian Campaign ''Trygg'' was commanded by Lieutenant Frantz W. Munster and served in an air defence and escort role against the invading

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outside

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and

Åndalsnes is a town in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Åndalsnes is in the administrative center of Rauma Municipality. It is located along the Isfjorden, at the mouth of the river Rauma, at the north end of the Romsdalen valley. ...

in April 1940 (

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). After surviving numerous air attacks the ship was finally sunk at Åndalsnes 25 April 1940. As the torpedo boat was anchored up in the harbour the

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bombers first attacked and knocked out British AA positions ashore before turning their attention towards the small Norwegian warship. A total of sixteen bombs were dropped against ''Trygg'', one hitting the

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of the ship and passing through without exploding. The damage the bomb caused on its way through ''Trygg'' was however too much for her to stay afloat. Although Munster beached his ship before the stern went under, the ship settled on her side and sank in shallow waters the next day.

German service as the ''Zick''

The ship was salvaged by the Germans, renamed ''Zick'', later renamed again to V.5506 ''Zick'', and served as a

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on the coast of Norway until she was sunk by 21

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s from

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and

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Squadrons RAF on 23 October 1944. She was escorting a three-ship convoy in Hjeltefjord near

when the convoy came under attack by the

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and

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firing Mosquitos.Hafsten 1991: 198-199 All three cargo ships in the convoy suffered damage while ''Zick'' was blown apart, taking three Germans down with her. Before she was sunk ''Zick'' managed to slightly damage two of the attacking aircraft with her anti-aircraft armament.

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