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SLEIPNER corvettes (1965-1967)

Sleipner 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Sleipner P950, 1972- F310   Nylands, Oslo 1963 9.11.1963 29.4.1965 stricken 1993
Æger P951, 1972- F311   Akers, Oslo 1964 24.9.1965 31.3.1967 stricken 1993

 

Displacement standard, t

600

Displacement full, t

780

Length, m

69.3

Breadth, m

7.90

Draught, m

2.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 Maybach diesels

Power, h. p.

8800

Max speed, kts

22

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 34, 1 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 315, 1 x 6 - 375 Terne III ASWRL, 1 DCR (6)

Electronic equipment

Decca 202, Decca TM1229 radars, Terne Mk III, SQS-36 sonars

Complement

63

Project history: In 1959 the decision was taken to build five of this class, but three were cancelled.

Modernizations: 1972, both: + 2 x 3 - 324 TT

8/1988, Sleipner; 5.1989, Æger: - SQS-36 sonar; + TSM2633 Spherion Mk 1 hull+VDS sonar

Naval service: No significant events.

Sleipner 1979

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