Skjold 2010
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Skjold | P960 | Kværner, Mandal | 8.1997 | 22.9.1998 | 17.4.1999 | to USA 6.9.2001-5.9.2002 (Skjold), in service (2019) | |
| Storm | P961 | Kværner, Mandal | 10.2005 | 30.10.2006 | 9.9.2010 | in service (2019) | |
| Skudd | P962 | Kværner, Mandal | 3.2006 | 3.5.2007 | 28.10.2010 | in service (2019) | |
| Steil | P963 | Kværner, Mandal | 10.2006 | 15.1.2008 | 30.6.2011 | in service (2019) | |
| Glimt | P964 | Kværner, Mandal | 5.2007 | 15.8.2008 | 29.3.2012 | in service (2019) | |
| Gnist | P965 | Kværner, Mandal | 12.2007 | 18.5.2009 | 7.11.2012 | in service (2019) |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement full, t |
273 |
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Length, m |
41.5 pp 47.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
13.5 |
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Draught, m |
2.30 max 0.83 on cushion |
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No of shafts |
2 waterjets + 2 lift fans |
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Machinery |
COGAG: 2 Pratt & Whitney ST40M gas turbines + 2 Pratt & Whitney ST18M gas turbines + 2 MTU 12V183 TE92 diesels for lift fans |
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Power, h. p. |
10880 + 5440 = 16320 + 2000 |
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Max speed, kts |
57 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel / gas turbine oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
800(42) |
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Armament |
1 x 2 Simbad SAM (4 Mistral), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90 |
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Electronic equipment |
MRR-3D, CEROS 200, Bridgemaster E radars, Vigy 20, QPD e/o systems, CS-3701 ECM suite, 1x MASS decoy RL, SENIT 2000 CCS |
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Complement |
20 |
Project history: Project 6081. Originally have been a class of 24 but the prototype was ordered in 1996 and five production versions only in 1999. The order for six succeeded vessels was eliminated from 1999 budget. Foam-core GRP construction, rigid-sidewall surface effect ships with IR and radio energy shielding , molded into the structure to reduce signature.
Modernizations: 2012, all: + 2 x 4 NSM SSM (8 NSM)
Naval service: Skjold was leased by USN in 2001-2002 with Norwegian crew (but without armament and only with two Decca 1226 radars) for experiments.
Skudd 2014
© Ivan Gogin, 2019