HNoMS Bergen

Last updated September 17, 2021

At least two ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have been named HNoMS Bergen, after the city of Bergen:

HNoMS Bergen (1946), a C-class destroyer purchased from the Royal Navy in 1946 and broken up in 1967.
HNoMS Bergen (F301), an Oslo-class frigate commissioned in 1967 and decommissioned in 2005.

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