Number 5 of the brand new norwegian Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates.
Ordered: 23.06.2000
Laid down: 23.11.2007
Launched: 11.02.2009
Commissioned: 18.01.2011
Type: Multi-role Frigate (Guided Missile and ASW)
Displacement: 5,290 tons full load
Length: 134m
Beam: 16.8m
Draft: 7.6m
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: 26+ knots (48+ km/h)
Range: 4,500nm @ 16 knots (8,300 km @ 30 km/h)
Complement: 120, accommodations for 146
Sensors and
processing systems: 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
and decoys: Terma DL-12T decoy launcher, Loki torpedo countermeasure
Armament: 1 × 8-cell Mk41 VLS w/ 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 Sea Protector
2 x 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