HNoMS Stavanger (F303)

HNoMS Stavanger (pennant number F303) was an Oslo-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy.[1] Her namesake comes from the Norwegian city of Stavanger.[1]

The Norwegian frigate KNM Stavanger (F303).
Norwegian frigate Stavanger (F303).
History
Norway
NameStavanger
Ordered1960
BuilderNavy Main Yard, Karljohansvern, Horten, Norway
Launched4 February 1966
Commissioned8 December 1967
DecommissionedJune 1998
IdentificationF303
FateExpended as a target 2001
General characteristics
Class and typeOslo-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

Stavanger was decommissioned in 1998.[1] She was later used for target practice and sunk in 2001 by a single DM2A3 torpedo launched from the Ula-class submarine Utstein (pennant number S302).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "F-303 HNoMS Stavanger Frigate Royal Norwegian Navy". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 18 October 2023.