HNoMS Roald Amundsen is a Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy.
Roald Amundsen in 2018
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Norway | |
Name | Roald Amundsen |
Namesake | Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen |
Ordered | 23 June 2000 |
Builder | Navantia, Ferrol |
Laid down | 3 June 2004 |
Launched | 24 May 2005 |
Commissioned | 21 May 2007 |
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Status | Active |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate |
Displacement | 5,290 tons |
Length | 134 m (439.63 ft) |
Beam | 16.8 m (55.12 ft) |
Draft | 7.6 m (24.93 ft) |
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Speed | 27 knots (50.00 km/h) |
Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,334.00 km) |
Complement |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | Terma DL-12T decoy launcher, Loki torpedo countermeasure |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × NH90 helicopter |
Construction and commissioning
editBuilt by the Spanish shipbuilders Navantia, in Ferrol, Roald Amundsen was the second of the Fridtjof Nansen class to be launched and then commissioned into the Royal Norwegian Navy.[1]
Service
editIn January 2018 Roald Amundsen arrived at Naval Station Norfolk with the German Sachsen-class frigate Hessen, preparatory to both deploying on a Composite Training Unit Exercise with USS Harry S. Truman and Carrier Strike Group 8.[2]
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to F311 Roald Amundsen (ship, 2005).
- ^ "Fregatt – Nansenklassen" (in Norwegian). Forsvaret. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
- ^ "German, Norwegian frigates arrive in Norfolk to join Harry S. Truman carrier strike group". navaltoday.com. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
External links
edit- "Fridtjof Nansen-class". forsvaret.no. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2018. - Royal Norwegian Navy's page on the Fridtjof Nansen class