Otto Sverdrup in 2009
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History | |
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Norway | |
Name | Otto Sverdrup |
Namesake | Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup |
Ordered | 23 June 2000 |
Builder | Navantia, Ferrol |
Laid down | 25 May 2005 |
Launched | 28 April 2006 |
Commissioned | 30 April 2008 |
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Status | Active |
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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 |
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Speed | 27 knots (50.00 km/h) |
Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,334.00 km) |
Complement |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | Terma DL-12T decoy launcher, Loki torpedo countermeasure |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × NH90 helicopter |
HNoMS Otto Sverdrup is a Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy.
Built by the Spanish shipbuilders Navantia, in Ferrol, Otto Sverdrup was the third of the Fridtjof Nansen class to be launched and then commissioned into the Royal Norwegian Navy. [1]
In November 2017 Otto Sverdrup visited London's West India Dock with the Portuguese frigate Francisco de Almeida. Both ships were part of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 at the time. [2] The current Captain of the Otto Sverdrup is Captain Iris Fivelstad.