KNM Sleipner (F310) and KNM Aeger (F311) at Amsterdam.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Sleipner class |
Operators | Royal Norwegian Navy |
Built | 1963–1965 |
In commission | 1965–1992 |
Planned | 5 |
Completed | 2 |
Scrapped | 1 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Corvette |
Displacement |
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Length | 69.33 m (227 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 7.90 m (25 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 2.50 m (8 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion | 4 × MTU diesels totalling 9,000 bhp (6,711 kW) |
Speed | 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 61 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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The Sleipner class was a series of corvettes ordered as part of the Royal Norwegian Navy's 1960 fleet plan. [1] It was intended to build five ships of the class, but because of economic problems only two were built; Sleipner and Æger. [2]
Sleipner was built by Nylands Mekaniske Verksted, Oslo, and Æger by Aker Mekaniske Verksted, Oslo, and handed over to the Royal Norwegian Navy between 1965 and 1967. [3] The ships were armed with an American 3 in (76.2 mm) gun forward and a Bofors 40 mm gun aft, with a Terne III anti-submarine rocket launcher ahead of the 40 mm gun. The ships were fitted with American SQS-36 sonar. [2]
The ships had their anti-submarine capabilities improved in 1972, when they were fitted with Mark 32 anti-submarine torpedo tubes. [2] The ships were mainly used as training ships in the 1980s, although they did retain a wartime role as coastal escorts. [2] [4] They were again modernised between 1988 and 1989, with new sonar and gun fire control systems fitted. [1] They were decommissioned in 1993. [2]
# | Name | Laid down [3] | Launched [3] | Commissioned [3] | Decommissioned [2] |
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F 310 (originally P 950) |
Sleipner | 1963 | 9 November 1963 | 29 April 1965 | 1993 |
F 311 (originally P 951) |
Æger | 1964 | 24 September 1965 | 31 March 1967 | 1993 |
KNM Sleipner (F310) and KNM Aeger (F311) at Amsterdam.
| |
Class overview | |
---|---|
Name | Sleipner class |
Operators | Royal Norwegian Navy |
Built | 1963–1965 |
In commission | 1965–1992 |
Planned | 5 |
Completed | 2 |
Scrapped | 1 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Corvette |
Displacement |
|
Length | 69.33 m (227 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 7.90 m (25 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 2.50 m (8 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion | 4 × MTU diesels totalling 9,000 bhp (6,711 kW) |
Speed | 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 61 |
Sensors and processing systems |
|
Armament |
|
The Sleipner class was a series of corvettes ordered as part of the Royal Norwegian Navy's 1960 fleet plan. [1] It was intended to build five ships of the class, but because of economic problems only two were built; Sleipner and Æger. [2]
Sleipner was built by Nylands Mekaniske Verksted, Oslo, and Æger by Aker Mekaniske Verksted, Oslo, and handed over to the Royal Norwegian Navy between 1965 and 1967. [3] The ships were armed with an American 3 in (76.2 mm) gun forward and a Bofors 40 mm gun aft, with a Terne III anti-submarine rocket launcher ahead of the 40 mm gun. The ships were fitted with American SQS-36 sonar. [2]
The ships had their anti-submarine capabilities improved in 1972, when they were fitted with Mark 32 anti-submarine torpedo tubes. [2] The ships were mainly used as training ships in the 1980s, although they did retain a wartime role as coastal escorts. [2] [4] They were again modernised between 1988 and 1989, with new sonar and gun fire control systems fitted. [1] They were decommissioned in 1993. [2]
# | Name | Laid down [3] | Launched [3] | Commissioned [3] | Decommissioned [2] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
F 310 (originally P 950) |
Sleipner | 1963 | 9 November 1963 | 29 April 1965 | 1993 |
F 311 (originally P 951) |
Æger | 1964 | 24 September 1965 | 31 March 1967 | 1993 |