List of Royal Norwegian Navy ships

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This article is a list of Royal Norwegian Navy fleet units and vessels, both past and present.

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Ships from the years 1509 to 1814 might be listed under Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy.

Fleet units and vessels (present)

Frigates

HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen KNM Fridtjof Nansen-2006-06-01-side.jpg
HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen

Support vessels

Royal yacht

Minesweepers

Alta-class minesweeper Rauma M352 River Clyde.jpg
Alta-class minesweeper Rauma

Submarine branch

Ula class submarine SubmarineUla.jpg
Ula class submarine

The submarine fleet consists of several Ula-class submarines.

MTB branch

Skjold-class missile patrol boat HNoMS Skjold Norwegian missile patrol craft KNM Skjold (P 690) (2 Nov 2001).jpg
Skjold-class missile patrol boat HNoMS Skjold

The Coastal Warfare fleet consists of six Skjold-class missile patrol boats. The boat type is often branded a corvette.

A Norwegian Combat Boat 90 Stridsbat90N.JPG
A Norwegian Combat Boat 90

Logistics branch

In the process of establishing a "logistics on keel" system.

Coast Guard units and vessels

Coast Guard vessel Harstad in Harstad KVHarstad.JPG
Coast Guard vessel Harstad in Harstad
Coast Guard vessel NoCGV Nordkapp patrolling at Svalbard KV Nordkapp in the Adventfjord.jpg
Coast Guard vessel NoCGV Nordkapp patrolling at Svalbard
Coast Guard vessel Alesund in Bergen NoCGV Alesund in Bergen.jpg
Coast Guard vessel Ålesund in Bergen

Several earlier ships are listed under Denmark.

Amphibious landing vessels

Armed auxiliaries

Naval trawler HNoMS Honningsvag HNoMS Honningsvag.jpg
Naval trawler HNoMS Honningsvåg

Brigs

Coastal defence ships

HNoMS Tordenskjold at Kiel in 1900 Tordenskjold.jpg
HNoMS Tordenskjold at Kiel in 1900

Corvettes

Destroyers

HNoMS Draug - lead ship of the Draug class HNoMS Draug (1908).jpg
HNoMS Draug – lead ship of the Draug class
HNoMS Sleipner - lead ship of the Sleipner class HNoMS Sleipner (H48).jpg
HNoMS Sleipner – lead ship of the Sleipner class
HNoMS St Albans at sea while named USS Thomas. USSThomasDD182.jpg
HNoMS St Albans at sea while named USS Thomas.

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Frigates

Oslo-class frigate Oslo in the North Atlantic, October 1971 Norwegian frigate KNM Oslo (F300) underway in the North Atlantic Ocean on 1 October 1971 (NH 96867).jpg
Oslo-class frigateOslo in the North Atlantic, October 1971

Cutters

Schooners

Sloops

Sloops, several of which were later rebuilt as 3.-class gunboats.

Gunboats

1.-class gunboat HNoMS Ellida Kanonbat Ellida 1896.jpg
1.-class gunboat HNoMS Ellida
2.-class gunboat of the Vale series Norwegian 2. class gunboat.jpg
2.-class gunboat of the Vale series

Steam powered gunboats

Submarine chasers

Submarine chaser HNoMS King Haakon VII HNoMS King Haakon VII.jpg
Submarine chaser HNoMS King Haakon VII

Submarines

B class submarines B-2, B-3 and B-4 B-2, B-3 & B-4.jpg
B class submarines B-2, B-3 and B-4

Minesweepers

HNoMS Otra - the RNoN's first purpose built minesweeper HNoMS Otra (1939).jpg
HNoMS Otra – the RNoN's first purpose built minesweeper
HNoMS Rauma - the RNoN's second purpose-built minesweeper HNoMS Rauma.jpg
HNoMS Rauma – the RNoN's second purpose-built minesweeper

Minelayers

Royal Norwegian Navy minelayer Froya HNoMS Froya.jpg
Royal Norwegian Navy minelayer Frøya
Royal Norwegian Navy minelayer Olav Tryggvason HNoMS Olav Tryggvason (1934).jpg
Royal Norwegian Navy minelayer Olav Tryggvason

Monitors

The Norwegian monitor Skorpionen KNM Skorpionen.png
The Norwegian monitor Skorpionen
HNoMS Nordkapp HNoMS Nordkapp (1937).jpg
HNoMS Nordkapp

Offshore patrol vessels

Torpedo boats

2. class torpedo boat HNoMS Kjell. HNoMS Kjell.jpg
2. class torpedo boat HNoMS Kjell.
1. class torpedo boat HNoMS Sael. HNoMS Sael.jpg
1. class torpedo boat HNoMS Sæl.

Training vessels, school ships

Other ships

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HNoMS <i>Rauma</i> (1939)

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HMS <i>Seadog</i> Submarine

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HNoMS <i>Brand</i> (1898)

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