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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | ? |
| Launched: | February 17, 2001 |
| Commissioned: | Mid-2002 |
| Decommissioned: | still active |
| Fate: | still active |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 6500 tonnes |
| Length: | 103.7 m (340.2 ft) overall
89 m (292 ft) waterline |
| Beam: | 19.1 m (62.6 ft) |
| Height: | 8.3 m (27.2 ft) |
| Draft: | 6.5 m (21.3 ft) |
| Power: | 4 x 3390 kW Rolls-Royce Bergen BRG-8 diesel generators |
| Propulsion: | 2 x 5 MW Azipod electric motors |
| Speed: | 17.5 kn |
| Range: | ? |
| Complement: | ? |
| Aircraft: | Capacity for two helicopters; |
| Radar: | EADS TRS-3D /16 ES with IFF |
| Gun: | Bofors 57 mm, 12.7 mm |
| Cost: | 575 million NOK (80 million USD), radar and helicopter not included |
The Norwegian Coast Guard icebreaker and offshore patrol vessel KV Svalbard (W303) was constructed by Langsten AS at Tangen Verft shipyard in Kragerø and launched on February 17, 2001. She was christened December 15 in Tomrefjord with Minister of Defence Kristin Krohn Devold as godmother, and delivered to the Coast Guard on January 18, 2002. She entered service in mid-2002 and is homeported in Sortland. Her primary operating area is in the Arctic waters north of Norway, the Barents Sea and around the Svalbard islands.
Svalbard is one of the largest ship in Norway's military armed forces, designed to supplement the 3 other helicopter carrying ships of the Norwegian Coast Guard - the Nordkapp class patrol vessels. She is NBC-protected with constant overpressure, and is capable of icebreaking or towing up to 100.000 tons.
On July 9, 2007 the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper had announced that Canada would be building six to eight corvettes modeled after the Svalbard's design.[1][2]
References
- ^ "Ottawa buying up to 8 Arctic patrol ships", CBC (July 9, 2007). Retrieved on 2007c10.
- ^ "Arctic patrol vessels approved by committee", CBC (May 13, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
External links
- Marinelog article
- Marinetalk article: KV Svalbard
- Martin Shadwick (Spring 2007). "Due North", Canadian Military Journal. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- Mikko Niini. "Aker Arctic’s innovative ship designs pave the way to efficient Arctic maritime operations.", Neftegaz International. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
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