HNoMS Roald Amundsen (F311)

	Roald Amundsen in 2018
History
Norway
Name:	Roald Amundsen
Namesake:	Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen
Ordered:	23 June 2000
Builder:	Navantia, Ferrol
Laid down:	3 June 2004
Launched:	24 May 2005
Commissioned:	21 May 2007
Identification:	Pennant number: F311; MMSI number: 259042000; Callsign: LABA;
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Class and type:	Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate
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:	27 knots (50.00 km/h)
Range:	4,500 nautical miles (8,334.00 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 Roald Amundsen is a Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy.

Construction and commissioning

Built by the Spanish shipbuilders Navantia, in Ferrol, Roald Amundsen was the second of the Fridtjof Nansen class to be launched and then commissioned into the Royal Norwegian Navy.[1]

Service

In January 2018 Roald Amundsen arrived at Naval Station Norfolk with the German Sachsen-class frigate Hessen, preparatory to both deploying on a Composite Training Unit Exercise with USS Harry S. Truman and Carrier Strike Group 8.[2]

References

"Fregatt – Nansenklassen" (in Norwegian). Forsvaret. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
"German, Norwegian frigates arrive in Norfolk to join Harry S. Truman carrier strike group". navaltoday.com. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

External links

"Fridtjof Nansen-class". forsvaret.no. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2018. - Royal Norwegian Navy's page on the Fridtjof Nansen class

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[1] "Fregatt – Nansenklassen" (in Norwegian). Forsvaret. Retrieved 2016-11-20.

[2] "German, Norwegian frigates arrive in Norfolk to join Harry S. Truman carrier strike group". navaltoday.com. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.