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List of ships of the Norwegian Navy

Current frigates

Hauk class patrol boat

Skjold class patrol boat

HNoMS Valkyrien (A535)

Fridtjof Nansen class frigate

Ula class submarine

HNoMS Valkyrien

Haakonsvern

Alta class mine sweeper

Royal Danish Navy

Patrol boat

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Aegis combat system

HNoMS Rap

	Royal Norwegian Navy Museum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The submarine KNM Utstein outside the Royal Norwegian Navy Museum in Horten.
		The Royal Norwegian Navy Museum (Marinemuseet in Norwegian) is a museum documenting the history of the Royal Norwegian Navy.
		In the 1980s the Royal Norwegian Navy Library was transferred to the museum.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Navy_Museum (286 words)

	Royal Norwegian Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Norwegian Navy (often abbreviated as RNoN) is the branch of the Norwegian Defence Force responsible for naval operations.
		The history of the Norwegian navy is long, and goes back to the leidang which was first established by King Håkon the Good on Gulating in 955.
		During the cold war, the Royal Norwegian Navy was optimized for sea denial in coastal waters, in order to make an invasion from the sea as difficult and costly as possible.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Navy (1052 words)

	Royal Norwegian Navy: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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		The royal netherlands navy (koninklijke marine) is the navy of the netherlands....
		The finnish navy (finnish: suomen merivoimat) is one of the branches of the finnish defence forces....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/royal_norwegian_navy.htm (1392 words)

	Canine war hero gets Scottish statue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bamse, which means teddy bear, sailed to Britain on the Royal Norwegian Navy (KNM) minesweeper Thorodd in 1940, part of the flotilla that carried King Haakon VII into safety, newspaper The Scotsman reports.
		The mascot of the Royal Norwegian Navy, Bamse regularly sailed at the front gun tower of the ship when the Thorodd went into battle, and only left his post when fighting ended, The Scotsman reported.
		On July 4, 2004 the crew of the Norwegian submarine KNM Utvær held a memorial celebration in Montrose to honor the 60th anniversary of Bamse's death.
	www.aftenposten.no /english/local/article967880.ece?service=print (366 words)

	History
		History for the PTF began in the late 1950's when the prototype motor torpedo boat NASTY was developed for the coastal anti-invasion mission of the Royal Norwegian Navy, as a follow on to their U.S. built PTs and British Fairmile "Ds".
		First fit in the Royal Navy DARK class in 1953, these engines have since served in 18 navies, and have operated from the arctic to the tropics.
		Royal Norwegian Naval experience with the engines has been excellent, with overhauls scheduled after normal operations of 1,500 hours a year.
	www.ptfnasty.com /ptfHistory.html (877 words)

	Forsvarsnett: Innhold (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		On Wednesday 5 April the Norwegian Navy received the frigate Fridtjof Nansen from the Spanish shipbuilding yard Navantia.
		Six Norwegian soldiers were injured after a stone- and grenade-throwing mob attacked the Norwegian-led base in Meymaneh in Afghanistan on Tuesday February 7.
		This was announced by the Norwegian foreign minister Jonas Gahr Støre and the defence minister Anne-Grete Strøm Erichsen in parliament on 9 November.
	www.mil.no /languages/english/start (585 words)

	Norway briefed on MMA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Hansen, Royal Norwegian Air Force Chief of Defense Staff, visited at the request of the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Peter Pace.
		On June 14 the Navy awarded a Boeing-led industry team a $3.89 billion contract to build the Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft, which will be modified Boeing 737 series aircraft meeting the requirements of the Navy.
		The aircraft is the fourth of six Royal Norwegian Air Force P-3s undergoing flight avionics upgrades at NAWC Patuxent River under a PMA-290 Foreign Military Sales case.
	www.dcmilitary.com /navy/tester/9_33/national_news/30665-1.html (769 words)

	AFJI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		AFCON is also building the Royal Norwegian Navy’s new Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate, which will be equipped with a Mk 41 VLS and the ESSM for AAW.
		The Royal Navy is one of 20 navies that have ships equipped with Raytheon’s Phalanx CIWS 6-barrel Gatling gun used on US Navy ships.
		(Following the US Navy's example, the Royal Navy's depleted uranium rounds will be replaced with more expensive tungsten ammunition by 2003.) The Royal Navy is considering a low-cost spinoff of Phalanx, called SEA RAM, which has been fitted on board the HMS York for non-firing trials.
	www.armedforcesjournal.com /AFJI/Mags/2001/April/european_4.htm (436 words)

	Links: Navy
		Wei Jun's Chinese Navy Homepage describes with pictures a number of Chinese destroyer classes.
		Naval Homepage covering navies in general and the Royal Navy in particular maintained by Andrew McCruden.
		Royal Navy in the Napoleanic Era (1793-1815) by Kevin Stall.
	www.bruzelius.info /Nautica/Links/Navy.html (681 words)

	Camouflage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British did not use disruptive-pattern uniforms until 1942, with the hand-painted Denison smock for paratroopers, followed in 1943 with a similar style M42 garment.
		A Royal Norwegian Navy craft, in a splinter camouflage pattern.
		The US Corps of Engineers began wide-ranging experiments in 1940, but little official notice was taken until 1942 when General MacArthur demanded 150,000 jungle camouflage uniforms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Camouflage (2982 words)

	Global Defence Review : Acoustic minesweeping
		Therefore when the Royal Norwegian Navy (RNON) established its new project for procurement of new MCM vessels in 1985, it was realised quite quickly that limited information was available for finalising the operational specifications for minesweeping.
		The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (NDRE) was contracted to perform this programme and based on these efforts, the final operational requirements were established.
		The prototype of the AGATE system was developed for the Royal Norwegian Navy that took delivery in 1992.
	www.global-defence.com /1997/AcousticMinesweepeing.html (1541 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Health \| Torpedo boat 'birth defect link'
		The Royal Norwegian Navy commissioned the researchers to do the study after reports surfaced of people of military personnel having children with birth defects.
		The team found that of the 114 children of parents who had served on the ship, eight had been born with birth defects and six were stillborn.
		Heidi Langvik-Hansen, of the Norwegian Ministry of Defence, told the BBC News website a register had been set up to improve surveillance of the health of armed forces personnel in the country.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/health/4616286.stm (528 words)

	Naval Officers Club Penguin
		Slated for the RAN's new Kaman SH-2G Seasprite helicopters, and fitted with an Australian-manufactured warhead, the Penguin (left) is a 1960s-era remarkably durable "shoot-and-scoot" high subsonic sea skimmer anti-ship missile.
		The Norwegian Kongsberg Penguin has been operating successfully from ships, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft since 1972.
		The Penguin has seen service, or is on order for service with the Hellenic Navy, Royal Norwegian Navy, Royal Norwegian Air Force, Royal Spanish Navy, Royal Swedish Navy, Turkish Navy and United States Navy.
	www.navalofficer.com.au /penguin.htm (530 words)

	NATO Who's who?:
		Hauger-Johannessen completed the Norwegian Naval Staff College in 1982 and was a member of the Royal College of Defence Studies in the Great Britain 1991.
		He returned to the Navy in 1988 and was promoted to Captain and became Chief of the Organisation Branch in the Navy Staff.
		Following his term at the Royal College of Defence Studies, Hauger-Johannessen became Commandant of the Royal Norwegian Navy Staff College.
	www.nato.int /cv/milrep/no/johannessen-e.htm (404 words)

	ipedia.com: Operation Weserübung Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Partly thanks to Blücher sinking, royal family and parliament (incl govmt) evades German invasion force; King Haakon refuses to lay down arms; Clash at Midtskogen; bombs at Nybergsund; royal family, parliament, and national gold reserves moves northward ahead of the Germans
		In the far north, Norwegian, French, Polish and British troops fought against the Germans over the control of the Norwegian winter harbor Narvik, important for the export of Swedish iron ore.
		The Germans evacuated on May 28, but due to the detoriating situation on the European continent, the allied troops were evacuated in Operation Alphabet – and the Germans recaptured Narvik on June 9, by then deserted also by the civilians.
	www.ipedia.com /operation_weseruebung.html (921 words)

	Warsailors.com :: Ship Forum :: Bamse,Thorodd,Montrose
		A ST BERNARD dog that became a symbol of freedom and defiance for millions of Norwegians during the Second World War is to have a life-sized bronze statue erected in Montrose.
		Bamse arrived in Britain in 1940 on one of the ships in the Royal Norwegian Navy flotilla that carried King Hakon VII and members of his government into exile.
		As the mascot of the Royal Norwegian Navy, he would take up position in the foremost guntower at the bow of the ship whenever the Thorodd went into battle, refusing to leave his post until the action ended.
	www.warsailors.com /forum/read.php?1,18178, (296 words)

	Experimental Norwegian Ship Visits Guantanamo Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		But the Norwegian ship Skjold (pronounced "Shold") is not something out of science fiction; it is a prototype of a new class of ship the U.S. Navy is testing in conjunction with the Norwegian navy.
		Skjold underwent extensive tests and the Norwegian navy was impressed with what they saw.
		For a Norwegian navy ship that has most of its operations north of the Polar Circle, this is exotic.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=1092 (485 words)

	RNON - Royal Norwegian Navy Nav Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		RNON Navigation Center is the Inspector General (Marshal) of the Navy's professional council within navigation.
		Our aim is to maintain the highest amount of professialism in the execution of bridge navigation on board our warships, and be ahead of and part of the development within the field of navigation.
		The department represents our Navy in numerous civilian and military forums in NATO, EU etc, regarding rules and regulations within the domain of navigation.
	www.rin.org.uk /pooled/profiles/BF_COMP/view.asp?Q=BF_COMP_7617 (207 words)

	Untitled Document
		The principle aim of NAVMATCOMNOR is to provide the Norwegian Navy with the materiel required to maintain a credible fighting capability.
		This is achieved through the planning, procurement and quality assurance of future equipment, through the proper, quality assured maintenance of existing equipment and by establishing and sustaining the required standby and mobilisation capacity in terms of materiel and supplies.
		The aim of the Repair and Maintenance Department is to ensure that the Royal Norwegian Navy's materiel is maintained properly and in the most economical way.
	odin.dep.no /fd/html/fdhowtos/sider/how2d.htm (511 words)

	CIB team delivers new IFF system to Norwegian navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Norwegian Ministry of Defense had chosen a team led by Spanish shipbuilder IZAR (formerly Empresa Nacional Bazan) to provide the Royal Norwegian Navy with a new frigate designed to protect the country against subsurface, surface and air threats.
		The team is hopeful that the ISO 9001-registered status and the success of the Norwegian frigate program will open doors for an opportunity to deliver additional AN/UPX-36(V)6 systems or other products to new customers.
		The CIB is proud of its achievements as a supplier to Lockheed Martin, and indirectly to the Spanish shipbuilder and the Norwegian Navy.
	www.dcmilitary.com /navy/tester/8_18/national_news/23028-1.html (738 words)

	GE - Aviation: GE To Supply LM2500 Aeroderivative Gas Turbines For Five Royal Norwegian Navy F310-Class Frigates
		This is the first naval Combined Diesel And Gas Turbine (CODAG) configuration to be installed by IZAR, and the Royal Norwegian Navy is only the second international navy to adopt this arrangement.
		The Germany Navy uses an LM2500-based CODAG configuration on its new F124-class frigates.
		What the Royal Norwegian Navy will gain by using the LM2500 is an experienced engine with a historical fleet availability and reliability of 98.66% and 99.4%, respectively,Â” Matson added.
	www.geae.com /aboutgeae/presscenter/marine/marine_20011030.html (498 words)

	U.S. Navy tests Norwegian KNM Skjold (Norway - the official site in the United States)
		Following an agreement between the Royal Norwegian Navy and the U.S. Navy, the Fast Patrol Boat, KNM Skjold, will be lent to the U.S. Navy for one year of testing.
		The testing has been successful and in June this year, the Norwegian Parliament decided to build 5 more vessels of this class.
		The boat will be equipped with NSM (New anti shipping missiles) missiles developed by the Norwegian company Kongsberg, however, this is not installed in the demo version.
	www.norway.org /News/archive/2001/200102ship.htm (314 words)

	World's Largest 3-Masted Barque Visits Baltimore
		On Friday, October 28, the unique and majestic 91-year-old sailing ship HNoMS Statsraad Lehmkuhlö of the Royal Norwegian Navy arrived in Baltimore's Harbor after after an 11-week transatlantic voyage from the west coast of Norway and a stop in Norfolk, Va. The ship will leave for England on Friday, November 4.
		On this voyage, the Statsraad Lehmkuhl is sailed by the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy's 1st year officer cadets, who are participating in leadership training and teambuilding exercises during the trip.
		Stripped of modern communication technology, the students are forced to work together to overcome the challenges and dangers of traveling the seas by sail.
	baltimorechronicle.com /2005/102905Lehmkuhl.html (281 words)

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		EDO), through successful international competitions, has won two contracts from the Royal Norwegian Navy totaling $7.3 million.
		EDO’s Combat Systems Division, located in Chesapeake, Va., will serve as the prime contractor to the Norwegian Navy.
		Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and the company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.
	www.edocorp.com /pr2004/04r0114.htm (516 words)

	Norwegian Military Tattoo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The audience are "singing praises" and they got overwhelming reviews for their performances and recordings."The Brazz Brothers set the brass instruments in focus in a new an refreshing way"....
		After their first drummer Egil"Bop"Johansen died in1998, the drums are taken care of by the young swedish drummer Marcus Lewin.
		In the Tattoo they perform together with the Royal Norwegian Navy Band, and we are looking forward to a musical explosion.
	www.normiltattoo.no /article.asp?subcatID=25&ID=268 (235 words)

	MTB-contract to KvÃ¦rner Mandal - KVAERNER ASA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It will be built in a sandwich-composite material, with advanced equipment and properties that place strict demands on the yards quality assurance control and expertise in military and naval techniques.
		This is the Royal Norwegian Navys first vessel with requirements as to low radar signatures.
		The Royal Norwegian Navy will order the ships weapons systems in separate contracts with others, and these will be integrated in the series of vessels after the decision is made to build them.
	www.kvaerner.com /text.cfm?ID=2-44-50-184 (353 words)

	Forsvarsnett: The Royal Norwegian Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Forsvarsnett : Other languages : English : Facts and Figures : The Royal Norwegian Navy
		The Royal Norwegian Navy consists of the Navy, the Coast Guard and the Coastal Artillery.
		Maintain Norwegian rights and interests and protect Norwegian freedom of action against political or military pressure
	www.mil.no /languages/english/start/facts/navy (172 words)

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		Based on the U.S. Navy's Aegis combat system, the IWS also will support interoperability of Norwegian Navy ships with those of the United States and other users of the Aegis system.
		Lockheed Martin is developing the IWS for five new Norwegian frigates being built by the Spanish shipbuilder IZAR Construcciones Navales, SA.
		Procurement of this total integrated weapon system is a first for the Royal Norwegian Navy, and the second sale of Aegis technology to a European Navy.
	www.marinelink.com /Story/ShowStory.aspx?StoryID=7643 (362 words)

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