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HNoMS ''Brand'' was a 1.-class torpedo boat constructed in 1898. She served the Royal Norwegian Navy for more than four decades, including neutrality protection duties during the First World War. Having once again been employed on neutrality protection duty at the outbreak of the Second World War, ''Brand'' was captured by the Germans during their invasion of Norway in April 1940. After serving in Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' in the Norwegian Campaign that followed the invasion, she was renamed ''Tarantel'' and employed as a ''Vorpostenboot'' in occupied Norway. Having survived the Second World War, ''Brand'' was returned to the Royal Norwegian Navy in May 1945 and soon decommissioned and scrapped. ==Design and construction== ''Brand'' was a 107-ton vessel, with a length of , a beam of and a draught of , built at the Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard at Karljohansvern in Horten, as yard number 80.〔Abelsen 1986, p. 154〕 She was one of three 1.-class torpedo boats built at Karljohansvern in 1898, the other two boats being and . The three vessels were the first of their class to be built in Norway, the first three 1.-class boats having been built and delivered by the German ''Schichau-Werke'' shipbuilders.〔Hegland and Lilleheim 1998, pp. 20–22〕 ''Brand'' was armed with two 37 mm quick-firing guns and two 45 cm torpedo tubes, and manned by a crew of 19 officers and men. Her 1,100 indicated horsepower triple expansion steam engine could propel her at a maximum speed of .〔〔Steen 1956, p. 419〕〔Thomassen 1995, p. 144〕 The 1.-class vessels had a very long range for their size, being able to cover a distance of at or at .〔Hegland and Lilleheim 1998, p. 22〕 The design of the German-built vessels and the 1898 series that included ''Brand'', was criticized for having insufficient speed. Although considered as having quite good seagoing characteristics, the vessels had difficulty firing torpedoes in rough seas. In calm seas the boats were hard to spot, with little engine noise or bow wave, which increased the chance of a successful torpedo attack. The boats were also seen as not being manoeuvrable enough, as well as having an exposed bridge in a bow turret and poor ventilation. Some of the issues of the early vessels were dealt with in the last four 1.-class boats built.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HNoMS Brand (1898)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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