HNoMS Tyr (N50)

For other ships with the same name, see HNoMS Tyr.

HNoMS Tyr was a mine control vessel used for underwater search and recovery by the Royal Norwegian Navy. It was decommissioned in 2014 and sold to private owners.

Tyr in Harstad in June 2011.
History
Norway
Name	HNoMS Tyr
Namesake	Norse god Týr
Builder	Voldnes Skipsverft, Fosnavåg (31)
Laid down	23 January 1981
Launched	23 May 1981
Completed	August 1981
Commissioned	7 March 1995
Decommissioned	August 2014
Identification	Pennant number N50 IMO number: 8019409 MMSI number: 244170283 Callsign: PCDE
Fate	Sold to Idefix Danmark ApS, Hobro. Renamed IDEFIX.Sold to Pelorus Yachting, Renamed PolarXplorer
General characteristics
Displacement	735 tons full load
Length	42.5 m (139.4 ft)
Beam	10 m (32.8 ft)
Draught	6.5 m (21.3 ft)
Ice class	1A
Propulsion	Two x Deutch BA 12M816
Speed	18 knots (33.3 km/h)
Range	17,000 nautical miles
Complement	20
Armament	M2HB MG

History

Tyr was built at Voldnes Skipsverft in 1981 and was used as an offshore standby-ship in the North Sea under the name MS Standby Master, yard number 31. The Royal Norwegian Navy took her over in December 1993, and Tyr went through a comprehensive rebuilding and modernization program between 1994 and February 1995 at the Mjellem & Karlsen shipyard in Bergen. Under the rebuilding Tyr was equipped with new thrusters, the bridge was expanded and a mine hangar was built on the aft-deck, and new hydraulic equipment was installed on the work-deck. Tyr was fitted with tactical systems, and was equipped with a Scorpio ROV. The furnishings were also modernized.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014, Tyr was put up for sale by the Norwegian Armed Forces, with an estimated price of 15-20 million kr.^[1]

Sold to Idefix Danmark ApS, Hobro. Renamed IDEFIX, August 2014.^[2]

Wreck discoveries and recoveries

Tyr in Arendal in June 2012

HNoMS Tyr has discovered and/or recovered several wrecks:

• Localization and filming of the German battleship Scharnhorst in cooperation with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.^[3]
• Localization and filming of the German submarine U-864, sunk west of Fedje in 1945.^[4]
• Localization and filming of the German submarine U-735, sunk near Horten in the Second World War.^[3]
• Localization and filming of the Polish troop-transport ship Chrobry, sunk in the Vestfjorden in 1940.^[3]
• Localization and filming of the Norwegian coastal express ship SS Prinsesse Ragnhild, sunk off Bodø on 23 October 1940.^[5]
• Localization and filming of the Royal Navy destroyer Hunter sunk on 10 April 1940 during the Battles of Narvik^[6]
• Localization of the German prisoner transport ship Palatia, sunk in the Second World War. This is the second largest ship disaster in Norwegian history.^[3]
• Relocalization of the Norwegian submarine Uredd, sunk on 24 February 1943 after hitting a German minefield.^[3]
• Localization and recovery of a Norwegian F-16 fighter jet, which had crashed in Bindalsfjorden, May 1997.^[3]
• Localization and recovery of a Norwegian F-16 fighter jet, which had crashed in the sea off Landegode, Bodø.^[7]
• Search localization of assumed deceased, after the Sleipner disaster.^[3]
• Search and recovery of both helicopter and the deceased after a helicopter crashed in the Førdefjorden in October 1996.^[3]

References

1. Emberland, Torkil (19 May 2014). "Den kan brukes til alt fra skattejakt til oljeleting, og kan bli din for 20 millioner". Nordlys (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 May 2014.
2. "Working".
3. Official Norwegian Defence Force website: Over 5,000 graves found Archived 2004-01-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
4. Tor Leif Pedersen (27 February 2007). "- Tonnevis med kvikksølv ikke funnet". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 July 2011.
5. Lawson, Siri Holm. "D/S Prinsesse Ragnhild". Warsailors.com. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
6. "Sunken WWII ship found in fjord". BBC News. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
7. "Oppdaget ny koralldyrart utenfor Bodø". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 3 May 2001. Retrieved 5 July 2011.

External links

• Video from HNoMS Tyr (in Norwegian)
• Another video from HNoMS Tyr (in Norwegian)