HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen OPV
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| Career | |
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| Ordered: | ? |
| Laid down: | ? |
| Launched: | ? |
| Commissioned: | 29 May 1931 |
| Fate: | Ran aground on an umarked shallow and sunk outside Jan Mayen 8 November 1940. |
| General characteristics |
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| Displacement: | 1575 tons |
| Dimensions: | 73 m x 16.6 m x 5 m |
| Armament: | 2 x 10 cm (4 inch) guns
2 x 47 mm (1.85 inch) automatic guns |
| Propulsion: | 2000 hp, 2 shafts, 15 knots |
| Crew: | 67 |
HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen is the first ship in the
Norwegian armed forces to be built specially to perform coast guard duties. Command was assumed 29 May 1931 by commander Ole A. Blom. She was built as build number 118 at
Marinens Hovedverft in
Horten.
On 8 June 1940 she took on board in Tromsø Rear Admiral Henry E. Diesen and foreignminister
Halvdan Koht in addition to some refugees. She arrived on the
Faroe Islands on 13 June and later sailed to
Great Britain where she was made war ready. She was posted in
Iceland to strengthen British naval forces there. On 8 November she ran on an unmarked shallow outside
Jan Mayen and sunk. The crew of 67 was saved.
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Royal Norwegian Navy*
Royal Norwegian Navy*
Naval history via FLIX: KNM Fridtjof Nansen, retrieved 17 March 2006
