Jan Mayen-class offshore patrol vessel

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Class overview
NameJan Mayen class
OperatorsNorwegian Coast Guard/Royal Norwegian Navy
Preceded byNordkapp class
Cost5-billion kroner (for 3 vessels)
Building1
Completed2
Active2
General characteristics
TypeOffshore patrol vessel
Displacement9,800 tons (standard)
Length136.4 m (447 ft 6 in)
Beam22 m (72 ft 2 in)
Draught6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Propulsion2 × MTU 20V 8000 M91L Diesels
Speed22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Complementmax. 100
Sensors and
processing systems
  • TRS-3D/32 radar
  • CEROS 200 Tracker [9LV Mk3 Basic] radar
  • SS1221 sonar
  • EOS 500 visual and infrared camera with laser rangefinder
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × Sikorsky SH-60 (planned)
Aviation facilitiesHangar for two helicopters

The Jan Mayen class is a Norwegian Coast Guard ship class built in the 2020s, that was designed and ordered to replace the ageing Nordkapp-class offshore patrol vessels.

Considerably larger than their predecessors, the hulls of these ships were constructed at the Vard Tulcea shipyard in Romania.[1] The hulls were then towed to Norway where the ships were outfitted and tested at the Vard Langsten shipyard.[2][3]

They are armed with a single Bofors 57 mm L/70 gun for use against surface and airborne targets, as well as .50 calibre machine guns for use against soft surface targets.[4]

Ships in class

The ships are named after the Norwegian arctic islands Jan Mayen, Bjørnøya and Hopen.

Pennant number Name Ordered Laid down Launched Commissioned Status
W310 Jan Mayen 25 June 2018[5] April 2020[6] August 2021[7] Early 2023[8] Active
W311 Bjørnøya 25 June 2018 April 2020[9] November 2023[10] Active
W312 Hopen 25 June 2018 2024 Fitting out[11]

References

  1. ^ "Jan Mayen-Class Vessels". Naval Technology. 2021-03-11.
  2. ^ "KV Jan Mayen". Vard. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Fra fødsel til ferdig kystvaktfartøy". Forsvarsmateriell. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Command: Modern Operations / Modern Air Naval Operations". 2021.
  5. ^ "Nye kystvaktfartøy". Forsvarsmateriell. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  6. ^ "KV "Bjørnøya" is nominated for Ship of The Year". 20 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Skal være med på å styrke sikkerheten helt opp til Nordpolen". 16 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Norway's Newest Coast Guard Vessel Ready for Operations in the High North". High North News. 23 June 2023.
  9. ^ "KV Bjørnøya". Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  10. ^ Häggblom, Robin (2023-10-03). "Vard Group Hands Over Jan Mayen-Class OPV "KV Bjørnøya" To Norwegian Coast Guard". Naval News. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  11. ^ Nilsen, Thomas (2023-01-28). "Third new Norwegian Coast Guard vessel arrives". The Barents Observer. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
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