"storm" was the first of the 1. class torpedo boats to be built in norway, as the first ship of a series of three constructed in 1898. she had yard number 79 at karljohansvern, and was launched on 1 june 1898. a 107 ton vessel, she had a length of , a beam of and a draught of . "storm" was powered by a 1,100 indicated horsepower triple expansion steam engine, which gave her a top speed of .