HNoMS Tyr (N50)

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HNoMS Tyr (N50) in Harstad 2011.jpg
Tyr in Harstad in June 2011.
History
NameHNoMS Tyr
NamesakeNorse god Týr
Builder, Fosnavåg (31)
Laid down23 January 1981
Launched23 May 1981
CompletedAugust 1981
Commissioned7 March 1995
DecommissionedAugust 2014
Identification
FateSold to Idefix Danmark ApS, Hobro. Renamed IDEFIX
General characteristics
Displacement735 tons full load
Length42.5 m (139.4 ft)
Beam10 m (32.8 ft)
Draught6.5 m (21.3 ft)
Ice class1A
PropulsionTwo x Deutch BA 12M816
Speed18 knots (33.3 km/h)
Range17,000 nautical miles
Complement20
ArmamentM2HB MG
NotesPennant number N50 IMO Number

HNoMS Tyr was a mine control vessel used for underwater search and recovery by the Royal Norwegian Navy. It was decommissioned in 2014 and sold to private owners.

History[]

Tyr was built at in 1981 and was used as an offshore standby-ship in the North Sea under the name MS Standby Master, yard number 31. The Royal Norwegian Navy took her over in December 1993, and Tyr went through a comprehensive rebuilding and modernization program between 1994 and February 1995 at the shipyard in Bergen. Under the rebuilding Tyr was equipped with new thrusters, the bridge was expanded and a mine hangar was built on the aft-deck, and new hydraulic equipment was installed on the work-deck. Tyr was fitted with tactical systems, and was equipped with a Scorpio ROV. The furnishings were also modernized.[citation needed]

In 2014, Tyr was put up for sale by the Norwegian Armed Forces, with an estimated price of 15-20 million kr.[1]

Sold to Idefix Danmark ApS, Hobro. Renamed IDEFIX, August 2014.[2]

Wreck discoveries and recoveries[]

Tyr in Arendal in June 2012

HNoMS Tyr has discovered and/or recovered several wrecks:

  • Localization and filming of the German battleship Scharnhorst in cooperation with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.[3]
  • Localization and filming of the German submarine U-864, sunk west of Fedje in 1945.[4]
  • Localization and filming of the German submarine U-735, sunk near Horten in the Second World War.[3]
  • Localization and filming of the Polish troop-transport ship Chrobry, sunk in the Vestfjorden in 1940.[3]
  • Localization and filming of the Norwegian coastal express ship , sunk off Bodø on 23 October 1940.[5]
  • Localization and filming of the Royal Navy destroyer Hunter sunk on 10 April 1940 during the Battles of Narvik[6]
  • Localization of the German prisoner transport ship Palatia, sunk in the Second World War. This is the second largest ship disaster in Norwegian history.[3]
  • Relocalization of the Norwegian submarine Uredd, sunk on 24 February 1943 after hitting a German minefield.[3]
  • Localization and recovery of a Norwegian F-16 fighter jet, which had crashed in Bindalsfjorden, May 1997.[3]
  • Localization and recovery of a Norwegian F-16 fighter jet, which had crashed in the sea off Landegode, Bodø.[7]
  • Search localization of assumed deceased, after the Sleipner disaster.[3]
  • Search and recovery of both helicopter and the deceased after a helicopter crashed in the Førdefjorden in October 1996.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Emberland, Torkil (19 May 2014). "Den kan brukes til alt fra skattejakt til oljeleting, og kan bli din for 20 millioner". Nordlys (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Working".
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Official Norwegian Defence Force website: Over 5,000 graves found Archived 2004-01-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  4. ^ Tor Leif Pedersen (27 February 2007). "- Tonnevis med kvikksølv ikke funnet". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  5. ^ Lawson, Siri Holm. "D/S Prinsesse Ragnhild". Warsailors.com. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Sunken WWII ship found in fjord". BBC News. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  7. ^ "Oppdaget ny koralldyrart utenfor Bodø". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 3 May 2001. Retrieved 5 July 2011.

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