HNoMS Trondheim (F302)

HNoMS Trondheim (pennant number F302) was an Oslo-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy.

The Norwegian frigate KNM Trondheim (F302) entering Port Everglades, Florida (USA), in 1993. The Trondheim was assigned to NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic.
Norwegian frigate Trondheim entering Port Everglades, Florida, in 1993.
History
Norway
NameTrondheim
Ordered1960
Launched4 September 1964
Commissioned2 June 1966
DecommissionedJune 2006
IdentificationF302
FateSank as target ship on 6 June 2013
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

Service history edit

On 17 March 2006 at 20:10 CET, Trondheim ran aground off Lines island in Sør-Trøndelag. No injuries among the 121-man crew were reported. The incident was reported from the ship itself, and at 20:30 it came loose again. Water flooded two compartments (paint storage and forward pump room) of the ship. The compartments were sealed and three ships were sent to assist the frigate.[1] The frigate was towed to port in Bergen by the coast guard vessel NoCGV Tromsø.[2]

HNoMS Trondheim was used after decommissioning as a target ship for the testing of Norway's 'Naval Strike Missile', and sank on June 6, 2013.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Johnsen, Christer S.; Simenstad, R.H. (17 March 2006). "KNM Trondheim tar inn vann" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisen. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  2. ^ Forsvarsnett, Godt redningsarbeid (in Norwegian) Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Norway military blows up ship in long range missile test". The Telegraph. 6 June 2013. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2020.