HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen (F310)

History
Norway
Name:	Fridtjof Nansen
Namesake:	Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen
Builder:	Navantia, Ferrol
Yard number:	F310
Laid down:	9 April 2003
Launched:	3 June 2004
Commissioned:	5 April 2006
Service record
General characteristics
Class and type:	Fridtjof Nansen
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:	28 knots (51.86 km/h)
Range:	6,000 nautical miles (11,112.00 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

HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen (F310) is a frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy. Launched on April 5, 2006, she is the lead ship of the Fridtjof Nansen class of warships.

Counter Piracy

On 26 February 2009, the Norwegian government decided to deploy HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen to the Gulf of Aden, thereby participating in the ongoing Operation Atalanta, the European Union's counter-piracy campaign in Somalia. HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen joined the campaign in August 2009.^[1][2]

Fridtjof Nansen's engagement in Operation Atalanta is for the time being carried out without a permanently stationed helicopter.^[3] Mainly due to delays in delivery of the new NH-90, the ship is equipped with two ultra-fast RHIBs as a replacement.^[4] In November 2009 she became involved in a firefight with suspected pirates after being attacked while inspecting a fishing vessel.

Taken from HMCS Winnipeg, November 2015

Fridtjof Nansen docked at Haakonsvern, Bergen

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References

1. Norwegian Defence Force official website: "Norsk fregatt til Somalia" (Norwegian)
2. "Norwegian frigate to join fight against piracy". The Norway Post. Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 March 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
3. Dagbladet.no: "Norsk fregatt setter kurs mot Afrika" (Norwegian)
4. Norwegian Defence Force official website: "Nansen er klar til dyst" (Norwegian)