HNoMS Bergen (F301)

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HNoMS Bergen.JPG
Bergen in Bergen for the last time before being decommissioned in 2005
History
Flag of Norway, state.svgNorway
NameBergen
Ordered1960
BuilderMarinens Hovedverft Horten
Launched23 August 1965
Commissioned22 June 1967
Decommissioned3 August 2005
FateScrapped March 2013
General characteristics
Class and type Oslo-class frigate
Displacement
  • 1,450 long tons (1,473 t) standard
  • 1,745 long tons (1,773 t) full load
Length96.6 m (316 ft 11 in)
Beam11.2 m (36 ft 9 in)
Draft5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
PropulsionTwin steam boilers, one high pressure and one low pressure steam turbine, 20,000 hp (14,914 kW)
Speed25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h)
Range4,500 nautical miles at 15 knots (8,300 km at 28 km/h)
Complement120 (129 max) officers and men
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Siemens/Plessey AWS-9 long range air search radar
  • Racal DeccaTM 1226 surface search radar in I band
  • Kongsberg MSI-90(U) tracking and fire control system
  • Raytheon Mk 95; I/J-band search and track radar for Sea Sparrow
  • Medium frequency Thomson-CSF Sintra/Simrad TSM 2633 combined hull and VDS active sonar
  • High frequency Terne III active sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
4 × Mark 36 SRBOC chaff launchers ESM: AR 700 suite
Armament

HNoMS Bergen (pennant number F301) was an Oslo-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy.

She was launched on 23 August 1965, and commissioned on 22 June 1967. She was decommissioned on 3 August 2005 and broken up in March 2013 at Svolvaer. [1]

Citations

  1. "Bergen (6125987)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 27 November 2018.

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