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List of active Royal Norwegian Navy ships

The Royal Norwegian Navy is the branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces responsible for naval operations of the state of Norway. As of 2008, the RNoN consists of approximately 3,700 personnel (9,450 in mobilized state, 32,000 when fully mobilized) and 69 vessels, including 4 frigates, 6 submarines, 6 corvettes, 3 minesweepers, 3 minehunters, 3 support vessels and 2 training vessels. The navy also includes the Coast Guard.

In Norwegian, Royal Norwegian Navy vessels have since 1946 been given the ship prefix "KNM", short for Kongelig Norske Marine (Royal Norwegian Navy). In English, they are given the prefix "HNoMS", short for "His/Her Norwegian Majesty's Ship" ("HNMS" could be also used for the Royal Netherlands Navy, for which "HNLMS" is used instead). Coast Guard vessels are given the prefix "KV" for KystVakt (Coast Guard) in Norwegian and "NoCGV" for Norwegian Coast Guard Vessel in English.

Active fleet

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Submarines

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Class In service Origin Picture Type Ship No. Comm. Displacement Notes
Ula class

Type 210

6   Germany

  Norway

  Attack submarine HNoMS Ula [no] S300 1988 1,150 tonnes (submerged)

1,040 tonnes (surfaced)

[1][2][3]
HNoMS Utsira [fr] S301 1991
HNoMS Utstein [fr] S302 1991
HNoMS Utvær [no] S303 1990
HNoMS Uthaug [fr] S304 1991
KNM Uredd [fr] S305 1990

Surface warship fleet

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Fleet in service[1]

Class In service Origin Picture Type Ship No. Comm. Displacement Notes
Frigates (4)
Fridtjof Nansen class

Álvaro de Bazán class (F-100) derivative

4   Spain   ASW frigate HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen F310 2006 5,290 tonnes The 5th frigate of this class, the HNoMS Helge Ingstad sunk in 2018.[4]

To be replaced by 5 frigates.[5]

HNoMS Roald Amundsen F311 2007
HNoMS Otto Sverdrup F312 2008
HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl F314 2011
Corvettes (6)
Skjold class 6   Norway   Coastal corvette HNoMS Skjold [no] P960 1999 274 tonnes [1]
HNoMS Storm [no] P961 2010
HNoMS Skudd [no] P962 2010
HNoMS Steil [no] P963 2011
HNoMS Glimt P964 2012
HNoMS Gnist P965 2012
Quick marine reaction (18)
CB90 class

Stridsbåt 90N [no]

6   Sweden   Fast assault craft KNM Hellen L4512 1996 [6] 13 tonnes (empty)

20 tonnes (full load)

20 purchased, 6 left in service.[1]

Upgraded in 2014 with new engines and a Kongsberg Sea Protector RCWS equipped with a M2 machine gun.[7]

KNM Tangen L4526 –
KNM Møvik L4514 –
KNM Malmøya L4528 –
KNM Osternes L4532 –
KNM Oddane L4527 –
IC20M serie

Interceptor Craft

2   Sweden   Fast patrol boat KNM August Nærø – 2015 [8][9]

Manufactured by Dockstavarvet AB.

KNM Petter B Salen – 2017
Goldfish 36 10   Norway   Rigid hull inflatable boat – – – – Goldfish Boats AS[10][11][12]
Sea-Doo –   Canada – Jetskis – – – – RXT-X RS/ RXP-X 325
Mine countermeasures vessels (5)
Nordkapp class 1   Norway   Mine countermeasure command vessel

(ex OPV)

HNoMS Nordkapp A531 2022

(1982)

3,320 tonnes Ex W320 transferred to the Navy[13]
Oksøy class 2   Norway   Minehunter HNoMS Måløy M342 1995 375 tonnes [14]
HNoMS Hinnøy [no] M343 1995
Alta class 2   Norway   Minesweeper HNoMS Otra [no] M351 1996 375 tonnes [14]
HNoMS Rauma M352 1996

Auxiliary ships

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Class In service Origin Picture Type Ship No. Comm. Displacement Notes
Logistics ships (3)
AEGIR class 1   South Korea   Auxiliary Oil Replenishment HNoMS Maud A530 2019 27,500 tonnes [14][15]
Reine class 2   Poland  

 

Logistics command vessels HNoMS Olav Tryggvason A536

(P380)

2013

(2010)

760 tonnes Delays in HNoMS Maud, former inner coast guard vessels transferred to Navy as support vessels.

Since 2013 in Navy logistics command [no].

HNoMS Magnus Lagabøte A537

(P381)

2018

(2011)

Yacht (1)
– 1   United Kingdom   Royal yacht HNoMY Norge A553 1948 1,628 tonnes Ex W320 transferred to the Navy[13]
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (–)
Kongsberg 2X HUGIN –   Norway  

Illustration

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle – – – – Contained in 20' container[18][19]

Intelligence Service

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See also: Norwegian Intelligence Service
Class In service Origin Picture Type Ship No. Comm. Displacement Notes
Signal intelligence ships
– 1   Norway   ELINT collection vessel FS Eger 1995 7,560 tonnes Former FS Marjata III[20][21]
– 1   Romania

  United States

  Norway

  ELINT collection vessel FS Marjata IV 2016 21,040 tonnes [22][23]

Coast Guard

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See also: Norwegian Coast Guard

Outer Coast Guard

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This unit of the coast guard specialises in asserting sovereignty over the exclusive economic zone of the coast of Norway and Svalbard, and it uses the following ships:[24]

Ship/class In service Origin Picture Type Ship No. Comm. Displacement Notes
Patrol Vessels (8)
NoCGV Svalbard 1   Norway   Icebreaker /

Offshore patrol vessel

KV Svalbard W303 2001 6,375 tonnes [25]
NoCGV Harstad 1   Norway   Offshore patrol vessel KV Harstad W318 2005 3,130 tonnes [26]Rolls-Royce Marine AS design
Barentshav class 3   Norway   Offshore patrol vessel KV Barentshav W340 2009 4,000 tonnes [27]
KV Bergen W341 2010
KV Sortland W342 2010
Jan Mayen class 3   Norway   Offshore patrol vessel KV Jan Mayen W310 2023[28] 9,800 tonnes CBRN protection and is ice-strengthened[29]
KV Bjørnøya W311 2023[30]
KV Hopen W312 2024
Support vessels (2)
VS 491 CD

Bergen Group Fosen

2   Norway   Emergency towing vessels / Platform supply vessel KV Bison

[31]

W323 2020 6,250 tonnes Second-hand ships built in 2012 - 2014.[32]

Ships leased.

KV Jarl

[33]

W324 2020

Inner Coast Guard

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[24]

Class In service Origin Picture Type Ship No. Comm. Displacement Notes
Patrol vessels (5)
Nornen class

ST-610 design

5   Norway  Poland   Patrol vessels KV Nornen W330 2007 675 tonnes Skipsteknisk AS design, made in Poland.[34]
KV Farm W331 2007
KV Heimdal W332 2007
KV Njord W333 2007
KV Tor W334 2007

Future fleet

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On order

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Submarines

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Class Ordered Origin Picture Type Ship No. Comm. planned Displacement Notes
Type 212CD class 4   Germany

  Norway

  Attack submarine – – 2029 2,800 tonnes (submerged)

(2,500 tonnes surfaced)

[35][36]
– – 2031
– – 2033
– – 2035
(+2 to be ordered) – – – Purchase approved by parliament[37]
– – –

Surface fleet

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Class Ordered Origin Picture Type Ship No. Comm. planned Displacement Notes
Quick marine reaction (2)
CCM class

Combatant Craft Medium class

2

(+ options)

  United States   Multi-mission surface tactical mobility vessel – – 2025 29.8 tonnes 2 ordered in 2023, planned for 2025[38][39]
– – 2025

Planned orders

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Surface fleet

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Potential classes Origin Picture Planned Type Comm. planned Notes
Frigates (5)
Constellation class

FREMM

  Italy

  United States

 

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5

(+1 option)

Anti-submarine frigate – To succeed to the Fridtjof Nansen.[40] Norway plans to select a ship sometime in 2025 after narrowing down the options to France, Germany, United Kingdom, and the United States.[41][42]
F126 class

MKS 180 / Niedersachsen class

  Netherlands

  Germany

 

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FDI

Defence and intervention frigate

  France  Illustration
Type 26   United Kingdom  Illustration

References

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