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{{Short description|Norwegian torpedo boat}}
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|Ship country=[[Norway]]
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|Ship name=''Trygg''
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|Ship builder=*[[Moss Verft]] shipyard in [[Moss, Norway|Moss]] (hull)
*and the Royal Norwegian Navy's [[Karljohansvern]] Yard in [[Horten]]
|Ship yard number=109<ref name="Abelsen170"/>
|Ship laid down=1917
|Ship launched=31 May 1919
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|Ship fate=Sunk by German bombers 25 April 1940
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|commanders=*Lieutenant Frantz W. Munster
*(? &ndash; 25 April 1940)
|operations=[[Norwegian Campaign]]
|victories=2 ships (1,500 tons) captured
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|Ship country=[[Nazi Germany]]
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|Header caption=as built
|Ship class=[[Trygg class torpedo boat|''Trygg'' class]]
|Ship displacement=256&nbsp;tons<ref name="Abelsen170">Abelsen 1986: 170</ref>
|Ship length={{convert|53|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|5.5|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft={{convert|1.58|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=3,600 [[horsepower|hp]] steam engine
|Ship speed={{convert|25|kn|km/h|2|lk=in}}
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|Ship complement=33 men
|Ship armament=*2 × 76 mm guns
*1 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm Oerlikon]]
*anti-aircraft gun<ref>Sivertsen 1999: 110</ref>
*4 × 45 cm [[torpedo tube]]s
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|Header caption=in German service
|Ship class=[[Trygg class torpedo boat|''Trygg'' class]]
|Ship displacement=256&nbsp;tons<ref name="Abelsen170"/>
|Ship length={{convert|53|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|5.5|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft={{convert|1.58|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=3,600 [[horsepower|hp]] steam engine
|Ship speed={{convert|25|kn|km/h|2|lk=in}}
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|Ship complement=33 men
|Ship armament=*1 × 76 mm gun
*2 × 20 mm guns
*2 × [[machine gun]]s
*2 × torpedo tubes<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/captured/torpedoboats/zick/index.html |title=Zick |access-date=31 January 2009 |last=Emmerich |first=Michael |work=German Naval History }}</ref>
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'''HNoMS ''Trygg''''' (trygg is Norwegian for safe, secure, dependable) was a [[torpedo boat]] of the [[Royal Norwegian Navy]]. Her hull was built in [[Moss]] and she was finished in [[Horten]], with build number 109.<ref name="Abelsen170"/> ''Trygg'' had two sister ships: [[HNoMS Snøgg (1919)|HNoMS ''Snøgg'']] and [[HNoMS Stegg (1921)|HNoMS ''Stegg'']]. Together the three vessels formed the [[Trygg class torpedo boat|''Trygg'' class]] of torpedo boats.

== Neutrality protection ==
At the outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]], ''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 [[HMS Triad (N53)|''Triad'']] suffered technical difficulties off the Norwegian coast, and was forced to enter Norwegian territorial waters near [[Bergen]] 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-3911-08NOV02.htm |title=Naval Events, November 1939, Part 2 of 2 |author=Don Kindell |date=17 September 2008 |work=Naval-History.Net |access-date=12 December 2010}}</ref>

==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 [[Nazi Germany|Germans]] outside [[Molde]] and [[Åndalsnes]] in April 1940 ([[Åndalsnes landings]]). After surviving numerous air attacks the ship was finally sunk at Åndalsnes 25 April 1940.<ref>Sivertsen 2001: 127</ref>

As the torpedo boat was anchored up in the harbour the [[Luftwaffe]] bombers first attacked and knocked out [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Anti-aircraft warfare|AA]] positions ashore before turning their attention towards the small Norwegian warship. A total of sixteen bombs were dropped against ''Trygg'', one hitting the [[stern]] 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.<ref>Berg 1997: 51</ref> Although Munster [[Beach (nautical)|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 [[Vorpostenboot]] on the coast of Norway until she was sunk by 21 [[de Havilland Mosquito]]s from [[No. 235 Squadron RAF|235]] and [[No. 248 Squadron RAF|248]] Squadrons RAF on 23 October 1944. She was escorting a three-ship convoy in [[Hjeltefjord]] near [[Bergen]] when the convoy came under attack by the [[rocket]] and [[autocannon]] firing Mosquitos.<ref name="Hafsten198-199">Hafsten 1991: 198-199</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skipsforlis.no/omtalteforlisbok2.asp |title=Omtalte forlis |access-date=31 January 2009 |last=Bakkevig |first=Erik |work=Erik Bakkevig &ndash; bøker om skipsforlis |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207035012/http://www.skipsforlis.no/omtalteforlisbok2.asp |archive-date=7 February 2012 }}</ref>

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.<ref name="Hafsten198-199"/>

==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |title=Norwegian naval ships 1939-1945 |last=Abelsen |first=Frank |year=1986 |publisher=Sem & Stenersen AS |location=Oslo |isbn=82-7046-050-8 |language=no, en}}
* {{cite book |title=I skjærgården og på havet - Marinens krig 8. april 1940 - 8. mai 1945 |last=Berg |first=Ole F. |year=1997 |publisher=Marinens krigsveteranforening |location=Oslo |isbn=82-993545-2-8 |language= no}}
* {{cite book |title=Flyalarm - luftkrigen over Norge 1939-1945 |edition=1st |last=Hafsten |first=Bjørn |author2=Ulf Larsstuvold |author3=Bjørn Olsen |author4=Sten Stenersen |year=1991 |publisher=Sem og Stenersen AS |location=Oslo |isbn=82-7046-058-3 |language=no}}
* {{cite book |title=Jageren Sleipner i Romsdalsfjord sjøforsvarsdistrikt april 1940 |editor-last=Sivertsen |editor-first=Svein Carl  |year=1999 |publisher=Sjømilitære Samfund ved Norsk Tidsskrift for Sjøvesen |location=Hundvåg |isbn=82-994738-3-7 |language=no}}
* {{cite book |title=Sjøforsvaret dag for dag 1814-2000 |editor-last=Sivertsen |editor-first=Svein Carl  |year=2001 |publisher=Sjømilitære Samfund ved Norsk Tidsskrift for Sjøvesen |location=Hundvåg |isbn=82-92217-03-7 |language=no}}

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