| Navy | The Royal Norwegian Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type III) |
| Pennant | L 44 |
| Built by | Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 4 Feb 1941 |
| Launched | 5 Jan 1942 |
| Commissioned | 12 Jun 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Scrapped in 1961. Commanding Officers: Lt. Dagfinn Ellif Kjeholt |
Commands listed for HNoMS Glaisdale (L 44)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Thore Horve, | 1 Jun 1942 | 1 Jun 1943 |
| 2 | Dagfinn Ellif Kjeholt, | 1 Jun 1943 | 12 Jul 1944 |
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Noteable events involving Glaisdale include:
15 Nov 1942
HNoMS Glaisdale (Lt.Cdr. T. Horve) picks up 312 survivors from the British troop transport Ettrick that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-155 120 miles northwest of Gibraltar in position 36º13'N, 07º54'W.
11 Jul 1943
The British escort destoyers HMS Melbreak (Lt. G.E.C.G. Baines, RN), HMS Wensleydale (Lt. W.P. Goodfellow, RNVR) and the Norwegian escort destroyer HNoMS Glaisdale (Lt. D.E. Kjeholt, RNN) intercept a German convoy off Quessant, France. In the resulting battle the German minesweeper M-153 (874 tons) is sunk by the Glaisdale but Melbreak in turn is heavily damaged by the German torpedo boats T-24 and T-25.
23 Jun 1944
HNoMS Glaisdale (Lt. D.E. Kjeholt, RNN) was badly damaged by a mine off Normandy. She was towed to Hartlepool and taken out of service for the rest of the war. Glaisdale was decommissioned on 12 July 1944.
Repaired at Horten yard, Norway after the war. Served post war from 10 August 1946 until 1961 being renamed HNoMS Narvik (F 309).