HNoMS Trondheim (F302)

Norwegian frigate Trondheim entering Port Everglades, Florida, in 1993.
History
Norway
Name: Trondheim
Ordered: 1960
Launched: 4 September 1964
Commissioned: 2 June 1966
Decommissioned: June 2006
Identification: F302
General characteristics
Class and type: Oslo-class frigate
Displacement:
  • 1,735 long tons (1,763 t) standard
  • 2,100 long tons (2,134 t) full load
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:
  • Siemens/Plessey AWS-9 long range air search radar
  • Racal DeccaTM 1226 surface search radar in I band
  • Kongsberg MSI-90(U) tracking and fire control system
  • Raytheon Mk 95; I/J-band search and track radar for Sea Sparrow
  • Medium frequency Thomson-CSF Sintra/Simrad TSM 2633 combined hull and VDS active sonar
  • High frequency Terne III active sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
4 × Mark 36 SRBOC chaff launchers ESM: AR 700 suite
Armament:

HNoMS Trondheim (pennant number F302) was an Oslo-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy.

Service history

On 17 March 2006 at 20:10 CET, Trondheim ran aground off Lines island in Sør-Trøndelag. No injuries among the 121-man crew were reported. The incident was reported from the ship itself, and at 20:30 it came loose again. Water flooded two compartments (paint storage and forward pump room) of the ship. The compartments were sealed and three ships were sent to assist the frigate.[1] The frigate was towed to port in Bergen by the coast guard vessel KV Tromsø.[2]

HNoMS Trondheim was used after decommissioning as a target ship. On 5 June 2013, she was severely damaged in a test of the Norwegian-designed Naval Strike Missile system off the coast of the island Andøya.[3]

References

  1. Johnsen, Christer S.; Simenstad, R.H. (17 March 2006). "KNM Trondheim tar inn vann" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisen,. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  2. Forsvarsnett, Godt redningsarbeid (Norwegian) Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. Robson, Steve (6 June 2013). "Caught on camera: The explosive moment Norwegian navy blew up its OWN ship to test new long-range missile". Daily Mail. Retrieved 5 January 2015.


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