The
Royal Norwegian Navy offshore patrol vessel
KV Svalbard was
constructed by
Langsten AG[?] at
Tangen Verft[?] shipyard in
Krageroe[?] 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
Kystvakt[?] on
January 18,
2002.
She is expected to enter full service in mid-2002 and to be homeported
in
Sortland[?].
Svalbard is the largest ship in Norway's military armed forces,
designed to support the
Nordkapp-class patrol vessels[?].
She is NBC-protected with constant overpressure,
and is capable of icebreaking or towing up to 100,000 tons.
- Missions:
- fishery inspection
- enforcement of sovereignty
- search and rescue
- environmental protection
- research and expedition support
- Displacement: 6500 tons
- Length: 103.7 meters overall, 89.0 meters waterline
- Beam: 19.1 meters
- Height: 8.3 meters
- Draft 6.5 meters
- Power: four 3390 kilowatt BRG-8 diesel generators
- Propulsion: two five-megawatt Azipod electric thrusters
- Aircraft: capacity for two helicopters; one Lynx carried initially
- Cost: NKr575 million (US$64 million)