HNoMS Roald Amundsen (F311)
Roald Amundsen in 2018
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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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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) |
Propulsion |
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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 |
HNoMS Roald Amundsen is a Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy.
Construction and commissioning[]
Built 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[]
In 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[]
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Wikimedia 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[]
- "Fridtjof Nansen-class". forsvaret.no. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2018. - Royal Norwegian Navy's page on the Fridtjof Nansen class
Categories:
- Frigates of Norway
- Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates
- 2005 ships
- Ships built in Spain