Profile drawing of Zick
256 tDisplacement
53,00 mLength
25knSpeed
1919 (01.08.1940 in German services)Service status

Wartime history

Capture and fate

The two old Norwegian torpedo boats Trygg and Snogg were both captured after the German invasion of Norway. Trygg was beached after an air attack on 25.04.1940 at Isfjorden. Recovered by the German troops between May and July 1940, it was put into service again on 01.08.1940 as Zick. Used as a patrol boat, it was renamed several times, on 01.01.1941 to V5503, on 20.05.1942 to V5501, on 13.11.1943 to NB20 and on 01.06.1944 to V5506. On 23.10.1944 it capsized after an air attack in the Hjeltefjord.

Ship data

Technical profile

Dimensions, weapons and machinery.

Dimensions

Displacement
256 t
Length
53,00 m
Beam
5,50 m
Draft
2,00 m

Armament

Main battery
1 x 7,6 cm
Additional guns
1-2 x 2 cm
Additional guns
2 MG
Torpedo tubes
2-4 x 45,5 cm torpedoes

Performance

Machinery and speed
3500 shp, 25kn

Service record

Construction record

Laid down
Marinens Hovedverft. Horten, 1917
Launched
31.05.1919
Commissioned
1919 (01.08.1940 in German services)
Fate
capsized 23.10.1944