ITALEIRI 80 FT ELCO

[Jim Worner]

Has anyone any information on the Norwegan Navy's 80ft Elco PT boats from the 1950's?  I believe they were nos P950 to P959. I have one small picture of P956 in John Lambert's book on the Elcos but nothing else.  I am building one for R/C and it would be nice to have one which is not American.  I will meet any costs if necessary.  Many thanks, and appologies for my lack of Norwegan.  Jim Worner

[Kyrre Ingebrethsen]

Hi Jim. And welcome. 

 

This was discussed a while ago on this forum and although there are published pictures about noone came up with any scans at that point. Having said that perhaps someone is willing to warm up the old scanner?

 

Kyrre

[Knut Erik Hagen]

Hei,

 

Sorry about not answering this request before now, but I am working offshore Ghana and have been too busy to sit down and look at anything but work.

 

There are a couple of Norwegian enthusiasts who have done much to document ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy, one of them (Frank Abelsen) has visited this forum a couple of times.  It should be possible to help you getting in touch with these guys.

 

One online resource is the homepage of the lead ship of the new class of MTBs which has a history page

http://www.knmskjold.org/norsk/mtbv.htm

Text is in Norwegian, but you have a picture of ELCO MTB 957 on

http://www.knmskjold.org/images/elco.jpg

They state that ten ELCOs were transfered to the RNN in 1951

 

USN      Became KNM (Translated name)

PT-602  Snøgg  (Fast)

PT-603  Sel (Seal)

PT-604  Sild (Herring)

PT-605  Skrei (Cod)

PT-606  Snar (Speedy)

PT-608  Springer (Tumbler)

PT-609  Hai (Shark)

PT-610  Hauk (Hawk)

PT-611  Hval (Wale)

PT-612  Hvass (Sharp)

 

 

You could also try to contact the Navy Museum - Marinemuseet on mar-mus@online.no

 

I do have some books and other resources on RNN ships at home, drop me a line at knut.erik.hagen(at)eunet.no if you are still looking for information on the ELCOs and I will see what I can find when I get home towards the end of this month.

 

 

  BRgds

Knut Erik

[Brian Brodersen]

Hi

 

I am also planning to make my Italeri ELCO a Norwegian Navy one. What colours where they

 

Brian Brodersen

Denmark

[Håvard Faller]

Here`s some information:

 

http://www.ptfnasty.com/ptfnorway.htm

 

yours sincerely

Håvard Faller

[Guest bugace]

So that it is, the two boats I saw at Leirvik harbour in the '70s. They was all ribbed down, and towed. No engine, or metal parts left. I was together with my father when I saw them, so it would probably be arround'72 '75, not later for sure. Remember I asked about the boats, and he could tell me some, but hardly enough. Norwegian soldiers called them "tre fjøler", wood planks, and was amazed about those big noisy engines.

For those interrested, those two was towed by a "Modern" MTB, maybe a Nasty class, for total destruction. The two Elcos was outside each other, and the Nasty outside them. Behind them was a Italian made hydrofoil, called "Teisten", a boat that actually could have outspeeded those MTB's, having reached 53 knots in nice weather.

Inside of the MTBs was a Cessna 206 from Fonna Fly(Planes), a norwegian air taxi company with it's base in Rosendal.

 

Now I probably have to build one as well.