HNoMS Otto Sverdrup (F312)
 Otto Sverdrup in 2009
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| History | |
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 Norway | |
| Name | Otto Sverdrup |
| Namesake | Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup |
| Ordered | 23 June 2000 |
| Builder | 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 |
HNoMS Otto Sverdrup is a
Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy
.
Construction and commissioning
Built by the Spanish shipbuilders
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
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