HNoMS Stord
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- For the Kobben class submarine HNoMS Stord see HNoMS Stord (S308)
HNoMS Stord was an S-class 2400 ton destroyer in the service of the Royal Norwegian Navy during World War II. She was lauched 4 April 1943 as HMS Success, but was rechristened HNoMS Stord when she was commissioned in the Norwegian Navy on 26 August 1943. She played an important role in the sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst. In 1944 she also took part in the Normandy landings. Officially purchased from the UK government in 1946 and scrapped in Belgium in 1959.
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| Norwegian destroyers |
| Draug class: Draug, Troll, Garm |
| Sleipner class: Sleipner, Gyller, Æger, Odin, Balder, Tor |
| S class: Svenner, Stord |
| Town class: Lincoln, St Albans, Mansfield, Bath, Newport All Town class vessels was loaned from the Royal Navy |
| C class: Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger |
| Hunt class: Arendal, Haugesund, Tromsø |
Destroyers of the Royal Norwegian Navy |
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