List of active Royal Norwegian Navy ships
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The Royal Norwegian Navy is the branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces responsible for naval operations of the state of Norway. As of 2008[update], the RNoN consists of approximately 3,700 personnel (9,450 in mobilized state, 32,000 when fully mobilized) and 69 vessels, including 4 frigates, 6 submarines, 6 corvettes, 3 minesweepers, 3 minehunters, 3 support vessels and 2 training vessels. The navy also includes the Coast Guard.
In Norwegian, Royal Norwegian Navy vessels have since 1946 been given the ship prefix "KNM", short for Kongelig Norske Marine (Royal Norwegian Navy). In English, they are given the prefix "HNoMS", short for "His/Her Norwegian Majesty's Ship" ("HNMS" could be also used for the Royal Netherlands Navy, for which "HNLMS" is used instead). Coast Guard vessels are given the prefix "KV" for KystVakt (Coast Guard) in Norwegian and "NoCGV" for Norwegian Coast Guard Vessel in English.
Active fleet
[edit]Navy
[edit]Submarines
[edit]Class | In service | Origin | Picture | Type | Ship | No. | Comm. | Displacement | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ula class
Type 210 |
6 | Germany Norway | Attack submarine | HNoMS Ula | S300 | 1988 | 1,150 tonnes (submerged)
1,040 tonnes (surfaced) |
[1][2][3] | |
HNoMS Utsira | S301 | 1991 | |||||||
HNoMS Utstein | S302 | 1991 | |||||||
HNoMS Utvær | S303 | 1990 | |||||||
HNoMS Uthaug | S304 | 1991 | |||||||
KNM Uredd | S305 | 1990 |
Surface warship fleet
[edit]Fleet in service[1]
Class | In service | Origin | Picture | Type | Ship | No. | Comm. | Displacement | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frigates (4) | |||||||||
Fridtjof Nansen class
Álvaro de Bazán class (F-100) derivative |
4 | Spain | ASW frigate | HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen | F310 | 2006 | 5,290 tonnes | The 5th frigate of this class, the HNoMS Helge Ingstad sunk in 2018.[4]
To be replaced by 5 frigates.[5] | |
HNoMS Roald Amundsen | F311 | 2007 | |||||||
HNoMS Otto Sverdrup | F312 | 2008 | |||||||
HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl | F314 | 2011 | |||||||
Corvettes (6) | |||||||||
Skjold class | 6 | Norway | Coastal corvette | HNoMS Skjold | P960 | 1999 | 274 tonnes | [1] | |
HNoMS Storm | P961 | 2010 | |||||||
HNoMS Skudd | P962 | 2010 | |||||||
HNoMS Steil | P963 | 2011 | |||||||
HNoMS Glimt | P964 | 2012 | |||||||
HNoMS Gnist | P965 | 2012 | |||||||
Quick marine reaction (18) | |||||||||
CB90 class | 6 | Sweden | Fast assault craft | KNM Hellen | L4512 | 1996 [6] | 13 tonnes (empty)
20 tonnes (full load) |
20 purchased, 6 left in service.[1]
Upgraded in 2014 with new engines and a Kongsberg Sea Protector RCWS equipped with a M2 machine gun.[7] | |
KNM Tangen | L4526 | – | |||||||
KNM Møvik | L4514 | – | |||||||
KNM Malmøya | L4528 | – | |||||||
KNM Osternes | L4532 | – | |||||||
KNM Oddane | L4527 | – | |||||||
IC20M serie
Interceptor Craft |
2 | Sweden | Fast patrol boat | KNM August Nærø | – | 2015 | [8][9]
Manufactured by Dockstavarvet AB. | ||
KNM Petter B Salen | – | 2017 | |||||||
Goldfish 36 | 10 | Norway | Rigid hull inflatable boat | – | – | – | – | Goldfish Boats AS[10][11][12] | |
Sea-Doo | – | Canada | – | Jetskis | – | – | – | – | RXT-X RS/ RXP-X 325 |
Mine countermeasures vessels (5) | |||||||||
Nordkapp class | 1 | Norway | Mine countermeasure command vessel
(ex OPV) |
HNoMS Nordkapp | A531 | 2022
(1982) |
3,320 tonnes | Ex W320 transferred to the Navy[13] | |
Oksøy class | 2 | Norway | Minehunter | HNoMS Måløy | M342 | 1995 | 375 tonnes | [14] | |
HNoMS Hinnøy | M343 | 1995 | |||||||
Alta class | 2 | Norway | Minesweeper | HNoMS Otra | M351 | 1996 | 375 tonnes | [14] | |
HNoMS Rauma | M352 | 1996 |
Auxiliary ships
[edit]Class | In service | Origin | Picture | Type | Ship | No. | Comm. | Displacement | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Logistics ships (3) | |||||||||
AEGIR class | 1 | South Korea | Auxiliary Oil Replenishment | HNoMS Maud | A530 | 2019 | 27,500 tonnes | [14][15] | |
Reine class | 2 | Poland | Logistics command vessels | HNoMS Olav Tryggvason | A536
(P380) |
2013
(2010) |
760 tonnes | Delays in HNoMS Maud, former inner coast guard vessels transferred to Navy as support vessels.
Since 2013 in Navy logistics command . | |
HNoMS Magnus Lagabøte | A537
(P381) |
2018
(2011) |
| ||||||
Yacht (1) | |||||||||
– | 1 | United Kingdom | Royal yacht | HNoMY Norge | A553 | 1948 | 1,628 tonnes | Ex W320 transferred to the Navy[13] | |
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (–) | |||||||||
Kongsberg 2X HUGIN | – | Norway |
Illustration |
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle | – | – | – | – | Contained in 20' container[18][19] |
Intelligence Service
[edit]Class | In service | Origin | Picture | Type | Ship | No. | Comm. | Displacement | Notes |
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Signal intelligence ships | |||||||||
– | 1 | Norway | ELINT collection vessel | FS Eger | 1995 | 7,560 tonnes | Former FS Marjata III[20][21] | ||
– | 1 | Romania United States | ELINT collection vessel | FS Marjata IV | 2016 | 21,040 tonnes | [22][23] |
Coast Guard
[edit]Outer Coast Guard
[edit]This unit of the coast guard specialises in asserting sovereignty over the exclusive economic zone of the coast of Norway and Svalbard, and it uses the following ships:[24]
Ship/class | In service | Origin | Picture | Type | Ship | No. | Comm. | Displacement | Notes |
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Patrol Vessels (8) | |||||||||
NoCGV Svalbard | 1 | Norway | Icebreaker / | KV Svalbard | W303 | 2001 | 6,375 tonnes | [25] | |
NoCGV Harstad | 1 | Norway | Offshore patrol vessel | KV Harstad | W318 | 2005 | 3,130 tonnes | [26]Rolls-Royce Marine AS design | |
Barentshav class | 3 | Norway | Offshore patrol vessel | KV Barentshav | W340 | 2009 | 4,000 tonnes | [27] | |
KV Bergen | W341 | 2010 | |||||||
KV Sortland | W342 | 2010 | |||||||
Jan Mayen class | 3 | Norway | Offshore patrol vessel | KV Jan Mayen | W310 | 2023[28] | 9,800 tonnes | CBRN protection and is ice-strengthened[29] | |
KV Bjørnøya | W311 | 2023[30] | |||||||
KV Hopen | W312 | 2024 | |||||||
Support vessels (2) | |||||||||
VS 491 CD
Bergen Group Fosen |
2 | Norway | Emergency towing vessels / Platform supply vessel | KV Bison | W323 | 2020 | 6,250 tonnes | Second-hand ships built in 2012 - 2014.[32]
Ships leased. | |
KV Jarl | W324 | 2020 |
Inner Coast Guard
[edit]Class | In service | Origin | Picture | Type | Ship | No. | Comm. | Displacement | Notes |
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Patrol vessels (5) | |||||||||
Nornen class
ST-610 design |
5 | Norway Poland | Patrol vessels | KV Nornen | W330 | 2007 | 675 tonnes | Skipsteknisk AS design, made in Poland.[34] | |
KV Farm | W331 | 2007 | |||||||
KV Heimdal | W332 | 2007 | |||||||
KV Njord | W333 | 2007 | |||||||
KV Tor | W334 | 2007 |
Future fleet
[edit]On order
[edit]Submarines
[edit]Class | Ordered | Origin | Picture | Type | Ship | No. | Comm. planned | Displacement | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type 212CD class | 4 | Germany Norway | Attack submarine | – | – | 2029 | 2,800 tonnes (submerged)
(2,500 tonnes surfaced) |
[35][36] | |
– | – | 2031 | |||||||
– | – | 2033 | |||||||
– | – | 2035 | |||||||
(+2 to be ordered) | – | – | – | Purchase approved by parliament[37] | |||||
– | – | – |
Surface fleet
[edit]Class | Ordered | Origin | Picture | Type | Ship | No. | Comm. planned | Displacement | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quick marine reaction (2) | |||||||||
CCM class
Combatant Craft Medium class |
2
+ option |
United States | Multi-mission surface tactical mobility vessel | – | – | 2025 | 29.8 tonnes | 2 ordered in 2023, planned for 2025[38][39] | |
– | – | 2025 |
Planned orders
[edit]Surface fleet
[edit]Potential classes | Origin | Picture | Planned | Type | Comm. planned | Notes |
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Frigates (5) | ||||||
ASWF
Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate |
Netherlands |
Illustration |
5 | Anti-submarine frigate | – | To succeed to the Fridtjof Nansen.[40] |
Bergamini class
FREMM EVO |
Italy |
Illustration | ||||
Constellation class
FREMM |
Italy |
Illustration | ||||
F110 class | Spain |
Illustration | ||||
F126 class
MKS 180 / Niedersachsen class |
Netherlands |
Illustration | ||||
FDI
Defence and intervention frigate |
France | Illustration | ||||
Type 26 | United Kingdom | Illustration |
New class Of ship large corvette is introdused in 2030 with 4 (90 meter) 2000 ton hulls with anti sub hunting.
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