Snøgg-class missile torpedo boat

Class overview
Operators:  Royal Norwegian Navy
Built: 19701971
In commission: 19701995
Completed: 6
General characteristics
Type: Patrol boat
Displacement: 138 long tons (140 t)
Length: 36.5 m (119 ft 9 in)
Beam: 6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Propulsion: 2 × Maybach diesel engines, 7,200 hp (5,369 kW) total
Speed: 30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Complement: 19
Armament:

The Snøgg class was a Royal Norwegian Navy class of fast patrol boats (FPB). It might also be classified as a torpedo boat or a missile boat. In Norway this type of vessel is called a missile torpedo boat (MTB). The class was named after its lead vessel, Snøgg, which is a Norwegian word meaning "fast". All of the subsequent names are synonyms of "fast".

Six vessels were built during 1970 and 1971 to replace the ageing Rapp class. Designed by Lieutenant-commander (later Captain) Harald Henriksen as a development of the Storm-class. None of the vessels are left in Norwegian service today, they have been succeeded by the Hauk-class and Skjold-class class.

Vessels

Listed here in order of delivery with their pennant numbers in RNoN service:

Note: The Norwegian prefix for RNoN vessels is KNM.

Sources


Royal Norwegian Navy patrol boat classes
 
HNoMS Rap 1873–1920
Rapp 1952–?
Tjeld 1959–1992
Storm 1965–2000
Snøgg 1970–1994
Hauk 1979–2009
Skjold 1999–Present


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