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|Ship namesake=[[Norse mythology|Norse]] god [[Ullr]]
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|Ship yard number=55<ref name="archive">Horten municipal archive of local history: [http://www.lokalhistoriskarkiv.no/arkivet/historiske_sider/horten_verft/byggenummer Build numbers at Horten Yard] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311132932/http://www.lokalhistoriskarkiv.no/arkivet/historiske_sider/horten_verft/byggenummer |date=2007-03-11 }} {{in lang|no}}</ref>
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|Ship class=[[Vale class gunboat|''Vale''-class]] [[Rendel gunboat]]
|Ship displacement=250&nbsp;tons
|Ship length={{convert|27.3|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}
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|Ship complement=41 men
|Ship armament=*1 × 21 cm (10.5 inch) [[Rifled muzzle loader|Armstrong RML]] gun
*1 × 1pdr (cm / inch) [[Quick-firing gun|QF]] gun
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'''HNoMS ''Uller''''' was a [[Vale class gunboat|''Vale''-class]] [[Rendel gunboat]] constructed for the [[Royal Norwegian Navy]] at Karljohansverns Verft Naval Yard in [[Horten]] in 1874-1876 and had yard build number 55.<ref name="archive"/> She was one of a class of five gunboats - the other ships in the class were [[HNoMS Vale (1874)|''Vale'']], [[HNoMS Brage (1878)|''Brage'']], [[HNoMS Nor (1878)|''Nor'']] and [[HNoMS Vidar (1878)|''Vidar'']].

''Uller'' was, in addition to the heavy, muzzle-loading main gun, armed with a small [[Quick-firing gun|Quick Fire]] gun and a 37mm [[Hotchkiss gun#Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon|Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon]] (broadly similar to the [[Gatling gun]]).

Later ''Uller'' and her sister ships were rebuilt as [[minelayer]]s, and she served in this role when the [[Operation Weserübung|Germans invaded]] 9 April 1940.

==The invasion==

===Capture===
When the Germans attacked, ''Uller'' was mining the sea lanes to [[Bergen, Norway|Bergen]], and was taken by surprise by the German forces.

===Sinking===
After being pressed into [[Kriegsmarine]] service ''Uller'' and fellow captured minelayer [[HNoMS Tyr (1887)|HNoMS ''Tyr'']] were mining the entrance to the still Norwegian-held [[Sognefjorden]] on 1 May 1940 when they were first bombed unsuccessfully by two [[Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service]] [[Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.11]] maritime reconnaissance aircraft of the Sognefjord Air Group and then attacked again later the same day by a [[Heinkel He 115]] of the same unit. In the second attack ''Uller'' was hit by a bomb, beached and then scuttled by ''Tyr''.

==Notes==
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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|last=Hauge|first=Andreas|title=Kampene i Norge 1940|volume=1|publisher=Krigshistorisk Forlag|location=Sandefjord|year=1995|isbn=82-993369-0-2|language=no}}

==External links==
* [http://navalhistory.flixco.info/G/288023x9/8330/a0.htm Naval history via Flix: KNM Vale], retrieved 27 Feb 2006 {{in lang|en}}

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