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[edit]

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[edit]

  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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