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ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

ESCORTS

OSLO frigates (1966-1967)

Oslo 1970

Oslo 1980

Bergen 2005

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Oslo F300   MHV Horten 1963 17.1.1964 29.1.1966 wrecked 25.1.1994
Bergen F301   MHV Horten 1964 23.8.1965 15.6.1967 decommissioned 8.2005
Trondheim F302   MHV Horten 1963 4.9.1964 2.6.1966 decommissioned 6.2006
Stavanger F303   MHV Horten 1965 4.2.1966 1.12.1967 in reserve 4.1999, sunk as target 14.6.2002
Narvik F304   MHV Horten 1964 8.1.1965 30.11.1966 decommissioned 8.2007

 

Displacement standard, t

1450

Displacement full, t

1760

Length, m

93.9 pp 96.6 oa

Breadth, m

11.2

Draught, m

5.30

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 set STAL-De Laval double reduction geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Power, h. p.

20000

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

oil
Endurance, nm(kts) 4500(15)

Armament

2 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 1 x 6 - 375 Terne III ASWRL, 2 - 533 TT, helicopter deck, 1 DCR (6)

Electronic equipment

DRBV-22 (MRDR-45), M22, Decca 1226 radars, Terne Mk III, SQS-36 sonar

Complement

150

Project history: Built under a five-year naval programme voted in 1960, half the cost being carried by the United States. Based on the design of US Dealey class destroyer escorts, but with many modifications, including increased freeboard forward to suit sea conditions off the Norwegian coast.

Modernizations: 1972-1976, all: - 2 - 533 TT, helicopter deck; + 6 x 1 Penguin Mk 1 SSM (6 Penguin Mk 1), 1 x 8 NATO-Sea Sparrow SAM (24 RIM-7M), 2 x 3 - 324 TT, Mk 95 radar

11/1987, Trondheim; 10.1988, Narvik; 6.1989, Stavanger; 4.1990, Bergen; 2.1991, Oslo: - 2 x 1 Penguin Mk 1 SSM, 1 x 2 - 76/50, DRBV-22, M22 radars, SQS-36 sonar; + 1 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 350, AWS-9, 9LV200 Mk 2 radars, VIGY20 e/o system, TSM2633 Spherion Mk 1 hull-mounted+VDS sonar, APECS, Nera SR-1A ECM suites, 2x decoy RL

Naval service: Oslo ran aground 24.1.1994 near Marstein island. The next day she was taken under tow and sank later on the same day in Korsfjorden off Steinneset.

Oslo 1972

Narvik 2003

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