HNoMS Ellida (1880)

For other ships with the same name, see HNoMS Ellida.

Ellida after the rebuild in 1896
History
Norway
Name	Ellida
Builder	Navy Yard, Karljohansvern
Yard number	59
Launched	25 August 1880
Commissioned	1 July 1882
Decommissioned	1925
Reclassified	Steam corvette, 1896
Refit	1896
Fate	Sold 1925
General characteristics
Class and type	.1 class gunboat
Displacement	1,006 long tons (1,022 t) or 1,045 long tons (1,062 t) (sources disagree)
Propulsion	Reciprocating steam engines and sails
Speed	10.5 knots (12.1 mph; 19.4 km/h) under power
Complement	130 (121 after rebuild)
Armament	1 × 15 cm (6 in)/25 breech-loading gun 1 × 12 cm (5 in)/25 breech-loading gun 1 × underwater torpedo tube

HNoMS Ellida was a 1. class gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy. Like the other Norwegian gunships of her era, she carried a reasonable heavy armament on a diminutive hull. A distinct feature of Ellida was that her funnel could be raised and lowered as needed. The vessel was built at the Naval Yard at Horten, and had yard number 59.

It is unclear from the sources if the listed armament is the original armament, or if Ellida originally was armed with a much heavier main gun like the slightly older 1. class gunboat Sleipner. Ellida, like Sleipner, carried an underwater torpedo tube in her bow for firing Whitehead torpedoes, and she was the second vessel in the Royal Norwegian Navy equipped with this weapon.

Ellida in Horten in 1903

Ellida underwent a refit in 1896, and was reclassified as a steam corvette. From 1898 she was used as a training vessel for cadets. In 1914 Ellida was refitted once more, and became the mother ship and support vessel for the early Norwegian submarines (the A class). She was decommissioned and sold off in 1925.