 Thor Heyerdahl in 2011 |
| History |
 Norway |
| Name: |
Thor Heyerdahl |
| Namesake: |
Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl |
| Ordered: |
23 June 2000 |
| Builder: |
Navantia, Ferrol |
| Laid down: |
23 November 2007 |
| Launched: |
11 February 2009 |
| Commissioned: |
18 February 2011 |
| Identification: |
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| 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: |
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| 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
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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 Thor Heyerdahl is a Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy.
Construction and commissioning
Built by the Spanish shipbuilders Navantia, in Ferrol, Thor Heyerdahl was the fifth and last of the Fridtjof Nansen class to be launched and then commissioned into the Royal Norwegian Navy.[1] Unlike the other members of her class, she was built with two 8-cell VLS modules instead of one.
External links
- "Fridtjof Nansen-class". forsvaret.no. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- Royal Norwegian Navy's page on the Fridtjof Nansen class
