HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl

HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl is a Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy.

Exercising with HMS Lancaster in March 2021
History
Norway
Name	Thor Heyerdahl
Namesake	Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl
Ordered	23 June 2000
Builder	Navantia, Ferrol
Laid down	23 November 2007
Launched	11 February 2009
Commissioned	18 February 2011
Identification	Pennant number: F314 MMSI number: 259045000 Callsign: LABH
Status	Active
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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	Combined diesel and gas (CODAG) Two BAZAN BRAVO 12V 4.5 MW diesel engines for cruising One GE LM2500 21.5 MW gas turbine for high speed running MAAG gearboxes two shafts driving controllable pitch propellers Bow Thruster Retractable (Electric)1 MW Brunvoll Diesel Generators 4 × MTU 396 Serie 12V 1250 KVA
Speed	27 knots (50.00 km/h)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,334.00 km)
Complement	120 men, accommodations for 146 Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1F 3-D multifunction radar Reutech RSR 210N air/sea surveillance radar Sagem Vigy 20 Electro Optical Director MRS 2000 hull mounted sonar Captas MK II V1 active/passive towed sonar 2 × Mark 82 fire-control radar
Electronic warfare & decoys	Terma DL-12T decoy launcher, Loki torpedo countermeasure
Armament	2 x 8-cell Mk41 VLS for 64 × RIM-162 ESSM 8 × Naval Strike Missile SSMs 4 × torpedo tubes for Sting Ray torpedoes Depth charges 1 × 76 mm OTO Melara Super Rapid gun 4 × 12,7 mm Browning M2HB HMG 4 × Protector (RWS) ( Sea PROTECTOR ) 2 × LRAD Long Range Acoustic Device Prepared for, but not equipped with: 1 × Otobreda 127 mm/54 gun to replace the 76 mm 1 × spare 76mm OTO Melara Super Rapid gun 1 × spare CIWS gun w/ calibre 40 mm or less 3 × spare 8- cell Mk41 VLS launchers Low cost ASW ECM: Active Off-board Decoy
Aircraft carried	1 × NH90 helicopter

Construction and commissioning

Built by the Spanish shipbuilders Navantia, in Ferrol, Thor Heyerdahl was the fifth and last of the Fridtjof Nansen class to be launched and then commissioned into the Royal Norwegian Navy.^[1] Unlike the other members of her class, she was built with two 8-cell VLS modules instead of one.