Designated as TKAs (ru. Torpednyy Kater; eng. Torpedo Cutter), the Project 183 boats were designed as simple fast attack craft suitable for cheap manufacture and easy maintenance.
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By 1885 they were in a state of disrepair and were docked at Cockatoo Island.
Although made for convoy escort duties and home water protection, most of this class participated in the Manila blockade operations early in the war, as well as transport duties in the Rabaul area during the Solomon Islands campaign due to ship losses.
These four ships were laid down in 1917 at the Orlando shipyard in Livorno, but were not finally completed until 1921-1923.
This was found to be inadequate in combat, and the result was a "fleet torpedo boat" class (Flottentorpedoboot), which were significantly larger, up to 1,700 tons, comparable to small destroyers.
She defended ship traffic and supported allied landings in the Molde - Åndalsnes area (Battle of Åndalsnes) until being hit by a German bomb on 25 April 1940, sinking in shallow waters the next day.
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The three Trygg ships were constructed from 1919 to 1921 at Moss Verft in Moss (Trygg) and Horten naval yard (Snøgg and Stegg).
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In 1932, the Norwegian Labour Party made public a proposal crafted by Fredrik Monsen, that the armed forces be dissolved entirely and replaced by a "civil guard".