Notes: These excellent ships of the Norwegian navy were a departure from the norm in Europe during the 1990s, when most countries downsized and/or downrated their navies. They are a huge improvement over the Oslo class FFs, and five hulls will guarantee that at least one (and usually at least two) are always on patrol. The design is based on the Spanish Alvaro de Bazan class, with assistance by Lockheed Martin. Part of their design criteria was the ability to partake in distant peacekeeping operations and they are spacious and air conditioned inside. They are optimized for rough arctic weather with deicing and the Trigon helicopter haul-down system. The design has good damage resistance; the ships are NBC sealed and two isolated MTU 396-12V diesels can provide power in the event the entire engine room is destroyed.
The first test firing of the NSM anti-ship missile in late 2006 failed and as of June 2008, the system is not fully integrated onto these ships yet.
Displacement: 5121t standard, 5200t full Dimensions: 303’8”x38’x11’7” Machinery: CODAG arrangement: 2 Bazan Bravo-12V diesels (cruise) or 1 General Electric LM-2500 gas turbine (combat), 2 MAAG gearboxes, 2 shafts 2/CP props + 1 Brunvoll 1mW retractable outboard Max speed: 29kts (18kts on diesels alone) Range: 4500NM @ 17kts on diesels Complement: 128 (50 officers, 78 enlisted) + 26 spare berths
AIRCRAFT
x1 NH-90
WEAPONS-Missiles
x1 Mk41 VLS for x32 RIM-162 ESSM (27NM AA)
x8 NSM (86NM surface)
WEAPONS-Guns
x1 Mk75 76mm 6NM AA/surface
x2 Browning M2 .50cal 0.5NM AA/surface
WEAPONS-ASW
x6 (2 triple) tubes for Stingray ASW torpedoes (4NM sub)
SENSORS-Radar
AN/SPY-1F Aegis (S) 3D multifunction: 185NM air search (large/high), 94NM air search (small/low), 40NM FC for SAMs, 12NM air earch vs. sea-skimming missiles
AN/SPG-62 (I/J) 60NM FC for SAMs
RSR210N (X) 25NM helicopter CCA
Decca Bridgemaster (I) 28NM navigation (range, bearing)
SENSORS-EW
CS-3701 Condor ECM/ESM/ELINT suite
Vigy-20 FLIR/EO 20NM search/track (range, bearing, altitude, class)
Terma DL-12T countermeasures launchers
AN/UPX-29 IFF
SENSORS-Sonar
MRS2000 hull array 8NM active (range, bearing, depth)
9NM passive (bearing, class)
CAPTAS Mk2 VDS 8NM active (range, bearing, depth, class)
LOKI towed acoustic decoy
MISC.
LINK-11/16/22, SHF, UHF
