HNoMS Oslo (F300)
Norwegian frigate Oslo in the North Atlantic, Oct 1971. | |
History | |
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Norway | |
Name: | Oslo |
Ordered: | 1960 |
Launched: | 17 January 1964 |
Commissioned: | 29 January 1968 |
Identification: | F300 |
Fate: | Sunk 25 January 1994 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Oslo-class frigate |
Displacement: |
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Length: | 96.6 m (316 ft 11 in) |
Beam: | 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in) |
Draft: | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion: | Twin steam boilers, one high pressure and one low pressure steam turbine, 20,000 hp (14,914 kW) |
Speed: | 25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h) |
Range: | 3,900 nautical miles at 15 knots (7,200 km at 28 km/h) |
Complement: | 120 (129 max) officers and men |
Sensors and processing systems: |
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Electronic warfare & decoys: | 4 × Mark 36 SRBOC chaff launchers ESM: AR 700 suite |
Armament: |
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HNoMS Oslo (pennant number F300) was an Oslo-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy.
She was launched on 17 January 1964, and commissioned on 29 January 1968. Oslo, ran aground near Marstein island on 24 January 1994. One officer was killed in the accident. The next day, on 25 January, she was taken under tow. She sank on the same day in Korsfjorden outside Steinneset in Austevoll county.
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