HNoMS Otto Sverdrup (F312)

HNoMS Otto Sverdrup is a Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy.

Otto Sverdrup in 2009
History
Norway
Name	Otto Sverdrup
Namesake	Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup
Ordered	23 June 2000
Builder	Navantia, Ferrol
Laid down	25 May 2005
Launched	28 April 2006
Commissioned	30 April 2008
Identification	Pennant number: F312 MMSI number: 259043000 Callsign: LABS
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	8-cell Mk41 VLS for 32 × 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, Otto Sverdrup was the third of the Fridtjof Nansen class to be launched and then commissioned into the Royal Norwegian Navy.^[1]

Service

In November 2017 Otto Sverdrup visited London's West India Dock with the Portuguese frigate Francisco de Almeida. Both ships were part of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 at the time.^[2]

References

1. "Fregatt – Nansenklassen" (in Norwegian). Forsvaret. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
2. "Norwegian Navy ship HNoMS Otto Sverdrup". isleofdogslife. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

External links

• "Fridtjof Nansen-class". forsvaret.no. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2018. - Royal Norwegian Navy's page on the Fridtjof Nansen class