Jan Mayen-class offshore patrol vessel
Class overview | |
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Name | Jan Mayen class |
Operators | Norwegian Coast Guard/Royal Norwegian Navy |
Preceded by | Nordkapp class |
Cost | 5-billion kroner (for 3 vessels) |
Building | 1 |
Completed | 2 |
Active | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Offshore patrol vessel |
Displacement | 9,800 tons (standard) |
Length | 136.4 m (447 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 22 m (72 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) |
Propulsion | 2 × MTU 20V 8000 M91L Diesels |
Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
Complement | max. 100 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament | |
Aircraft carried | 1 × Sikorsky SH-60 (planned) |
Aviation facilities | Hangar for two helicopters |
The Jan Mayen class is a Norwegian Coast Guard ship class built in the 2020s, that was designed and ordered to replace the ageing Nordkapp-class offshore patrol vessels.
Considerably larger than their predecessors, the hulls of these ships were constructed at the Vard Tulcea shipyard in Romania.[1] The hulls were then towed to Norway where the ships were outfitted and tested at the Vard Langsten shipyard.[2][3]
They are armed with a single Bofors 57 mm L/70 gun for use against surface and airborne targets, as well as .50 calibre machine guns for use against soft surface targets.[4]
Ships in class[edit]
The ships are named after the Norwegian arctic islands Jan Mayen, Bjørnøya and Hopen.
Pennant number | Name | Ordered | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Status |
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W310 | Jan Mayen | 25 June 2018[5] | April 2020[6] | August 2021[7] | Early 2023[8] | Active |
W311 | Bjørnøya | 25 June 2018 | April 2020[9] | November 2023[10] | Active | |
W312 | Hopen | 25 June 2018 | 2024 | Fitting out[11] |
References[edit]
- ^ "Jan Mayen-Class Vessels". Naval Technology. 2021-03-11.
- ^ "KV Jan Mayen". Vard. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "Fra fødsel til ferdig kystvaktfartøy". Forsvarsmateriell. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "Command: Modern Operations / Modern Air Naval Operations". 2021.
- ^ "Nye kystvaktfartøy". Forsvarsmateriell. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "KV "Bjørnøya" is nominated for Ship of The Year". 20 April 2023.
- ^ "Skal være med på å styrke sikkerheten helt opp til Nordpolen". 16 November 2022.
- ^ "Norway's Newest Coast Guard Vessel Ready for Operations in the High North". High North News. 23 June 2023.
- ^ "KV Bjørnøya". Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ Häggblom, Robin (2023-10-03). "Vard Group Hands Over Jan Mayen-Class OPV "KV Bjørnøya" To Norwegian Coast Guard". Naval News. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ Nilsen, Thomas (2023-01-28). "Third new Norwegian Coast Guard vessel arrives". The Barents Observer. Retrieved 2023-01-29.