HNoMS Trygg (1919)
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. "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 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 "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. 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 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. As the torpedo boat was anchored up in the harbour  the Luftwaffe 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 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. 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 Vorpostenboot on the coast of Norway until she was sunk by 21 de Havilland Mosquitos from 235 and 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. 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. HNoMS Trygg (1919