HNoMS Otto Sverdrup (F312)
HNoMS Otto Sverdrup is a Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy.
 Otto Sverdrup in 2009 | |
| History | |
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| Name | Otto Sverdrup |
| Namesake | Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup |
| Ordered | 23 June 2000 |
| Builder | Navantia, Ferrol |
| Laid down | 25 May 2005 |
| Launched | 28 April 2006 |
| Commissioned | 30 April 2008 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| Badge |  |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × NH90 helicopter |
Construction and commissioning
Built by the Spanish shipbuilders Navantia, in Ferrol, Otto Sverdrup was the third of the Fridtjof Nansen class to be launched and then commissioned into the Royal Norwegian Navy.[1]
Service
In November 2017 Otto Sverdrup visited London's West India Dock with the Portuguese frigate Francisco de Almeida. Both ships were part of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 at the time.[2] The current Captain of the Otto Sverdrup is Captain Iris Fivelstad.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to F312 Otto Sverdrup (ship, 2006).
- "Fregatt – Nansenklassen" (in Norwegian). Forsvaret. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
- "Norwegian Navy ship HNoMS Otto Sverdrup". isleofdogslife. 29 November 2017. 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
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