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===Collision with oil tanker===
===Collision with oil tanker===
On 8 November 2018, while returning from [[Trident Juncture 2018|NATO exercises]], moving at speed up to {{convert|17.4|kn|lk=in}}, in spite of warnings from the Fedje VTS traffic centre and at least three warnings from the [[Malta|Maltese]]-flagged [[oil tanker]] {{ship|MT|Sola TS||2}} she approached and rammed, for all the signs, the starboard anchor of the {{convert|250|m|ft|adj=on}}, 112,939 t, Maltese-flagged oil tanker ''Sola TS'' moving at {{convert|6.5|kn}}, escorted by [[tugboat|tug]] ''Tenax'', and began taking on water.<ref name="solats_dnv">{{csr|register=DNV|id=34195|shipname=Sola TS|accessdate=9 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Schkvarkin|first=Erofey|url=http://maritimebulletin.net/2018/11/08/norwegian-frigate-damaged-in-collision-with-greek-aframax-tanker-crew-evacuated/ |title=Norwegian frigate damaged in collision with Greek Aframax tanker|website=maritimebulletin.net|date=8 November 2018|accessdate=8 November 2018}}</ref> The ship was deliberately [[run aground|grounded]] in an attempt to prevent her foundering and allow for the evacuation of the crew.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46136564|title=Helge Ingstad: Warship collides with tanker in fjord|work=BBC News|date=8 November 2018|accessdate=8 November 2018}}</ref> Seven sailors were injured in the incident and by late morning she had developed a severe [[angle of list|list]] to starboard with most of the stern submerged.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/yv2kBa/Tankskip-og-fregatt-kolliderte-ved-Oygarden--krigsskipet-mistet-styringen |title=Tankskip og fregatt kolliderte ved Øygarden – krigsskipet mistet styringen |language=Norwegian |trans-title=Tankers and frigates collided at Øygarden - the warship lost control |work=Aftenposten |accessdate=8 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://navaltoday.com/2018/11/08/norwegian-frigate-collides-with-tanker-after-trident-juncture/ |title=Norwegian frigate collides with tanker after Trident Juncture |work=navaltoday.com |date= |accessdate=8 November 2018}}</ref> In the early hours of 13 November, the vessel sank with only smaller sections of the superstructure remaining above water.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2018/11/latest-frigate-helge-ingstad-sinks |title=Latest: Frigate "Helge Ingstad" sinks |work=The Barents Observer |last=Nilsen |first=Thomas |date=13 November 2018 |accessdate=13 November 2018}}</ref> A specialist company has been asked to plan the recovery of the vessel.
On 8 November 2018, while returning from [[Trident Juncture 2018|a NATO exercise]], she was navigating inshore waters north of Bergen at speeds of up to {{convert|17.4|kn|lk=in}}. Starting from around 0340 there was a watch handover on board the Helge Ingstad, during which three oncoming vessels were noted. After radio communication was established, and upon being asked to alter course to starboard, to avoid the {{convert|250|m|ft|adj=on}}, 112,939 t, Maltese-flagged oil tanker ''Sola TS'', which had just left its berth, the Helge Ingstad believed the vessel calling them to be one of the oncoming vessels they were tracking on radar. Believing the tanker, slow moving and with its bright deck lights obscuring its navigation lights, to be part of the shore installation, they intended passing it before altering course. By the time they realised their error they were within 400m of the Sola TS and it was too late to avoid a collision, which caused severe damage to the Helge Ingstad, which lost control of engine and steering, and grounded. The vessel continued to take on water, through the propeller shaft and stuffing boxes<ref>https://www.aibn.no/Marine/Investigations/18-968?iid=25573&pid=SHT-Report-Attachments.Native-InnerFile-File&attach=1</ref> Seven sailors were injured in the incident. By late morning she had developed a severe [[angle of list|list]] to starboard with most of the stern submerged.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/yv2kBa/Tankskip-og-fregatt-kolliderte-ved-Oygarden--krigsskipet-mistet-styringen |title=Tankskip og fregatt kolliderte ved Øygarden – krigsskipet mistet styringen |language=Norwegian |trans-title=Tankers and frigates collided at Øygarden - the warship lost control |work=Aftenposten |accessdate=8 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://navaltoday.com/2018/11/08/norwegian-frigate-collides-with-tanker-after-trident-juncture/ |title=Norwegian frigate collides with tanker after Trident Juncture |work=navaltoday.com |date= |accessdate=8 November 2018}}</ref> In the early hours of 13 November, the vessel sank with only smaller sections of the superstructure remaining above water.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2018/11/latest-frigate-helge-ingstad-sinks |title=Latest: Frigate "Helge Ingstad" sinks |work=The Barents Observer |last=Nilsen |first=Thomas |date=13 November 2018 |accessdate=13 November 2018}}</ref> The failure of the vessel’s watertight integrity led to an immediate safety alert affecting all similar vessels made by Navantia, calling on them to advise operators on any necessary measures to address safety.<ref>https://www.aibn.no/Marine/Investigations/18-968?iid=25575&pid=SHT-Report-Attachments.Native-InnerFile-File&attach=1</ref>


This is the first incident of such scale in the Royal Norwegian Navy since 1994, when {{HNoMS|Oslo|F300|6}} was lost after it ran aground.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nrk.no/hordaland/20-ar-siden-knm-_oslo_-grunnstotte-1.11495270|title=20 år siden KNM «Oslo» grunnstøtte|last=Ekanger|first=Anders|work=NRK|access-date=2018-11-28|language=nb-NO}}</ref>
This is the first incident of such scale in the Royal Norwegian Navy since 1994, when {{HNoMS|Oslo|F300|6}} was lost after it ran aground.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nrk.no/hordaland/20-ar-siden-knm-_oslo_-grunnstotte-1.11495270|title=20 år siden KNM «Oslo» grunnstøtte|last=Ekanger|first=Anders|work=NRK|access-date=2018-11-28|language=nb-NO}}</ref>

Revision as of 23:00, 5 December 2018

Helge Ingstad in 2010
History
Norway
NameHelge Ingstad
NamesakeNorwegian explorer Helge Ingstad
Ordered23 June 2000
BuilderNavantia, Ferrol
Laid down28 April 2006
Launched23 November 2007
Commissioned29 September 2009
Identification
FateSunk, 13 November 2018, recovery plans in progress, Dec 2018
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
Displacement5,290 tons
Length134 m (439 ft 8 in)
Beam16.8 m (55 ft 1 in)
Draft7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)
Propulsion
Speed26 knots (48 km/h)
Range4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km)
Complement
  • 120, accommodations for 146
  • Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1F 3-D multifunction radar
  • Reutech RSR 210N air/sea surveillance radar
  • Sagem Vigy 20 Electro Optical Director
  • MRS 2000 hull mounted sonar
  • Captas MK II V1 active/passive towed sonar
  • 2 × Mark 82 fire-control radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys		Terma DL-12T decoy launcher, Loki torpedo countermeasure
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × NH90 helicopter

HNoMS Helge Ingstad is a Template:Sclass- of the Royal Norwegian Navy. On 8 November 2018, the frigate collided with the tanker Sola TS in Norwegian waters. Helge Ingstad was severely damaged in the collision and beached. On 13 November, the ship sank where she had run aground and is in all probability a constructive total loss.[1]

Construction and commissioning

Built by the Spanish shipbuilders Navantia in Ferrol, Spain, Helge Ingstad was the fourth of the Fridtjof Nansen class to be launched and then commissioned into the Royal Norwegian Navy.[2]

Service

From December 2013 to May 2014, Helge Ingstad was one of the escort ships for merchant vessels carrying chemical weapons from Syria to be destroyed.[3]

Collision with oil tanker

On 8 November 2018, while returning from a NATO exercise, she was navigating inshore waters north of Bergen at speeds of up to 17.4 knots (32.2 km/h; 20.0 mph). Starting from around 0340 there was a watch handover on board the Helge Ingstad, during which three oncoming vessels were noted. After radio communication was established, and upon being asked to alter course to starboard, to avoid the 250-metre (820 ft), 112,939 t, Maltese-flagged oil tanker Sola TS, which had just left its berth, the Helge Ingstad believed the vessel calling them to be one of the oncoming vessels they were tracking on radar. Believing the tanker, slow moving and with its bright deck lights obscuring its navigation lights, to be part of the shore installation, they intended passing it before altering course. By the time they realised their error they were within 400m of the Sola TS and it was too late to avoid a collision, which caused severe damage to the Helge Ingstad, which lost control of engine and steering, and grounded. The vessel continued to take on water, through the propeller shaft and stuffing boxes[4] Seven sailors were injured in the incident. By late morning she had developed a severe list to starboard with most of the stern submerged.[5][6] In the early hours of 13 November, the vessel sank with only smaller sections of the superstructure remaining above water.[7] The failure of the vessel’s watertight integrity led to an immediate safety alert affecting all similar vessels made by Navantia, calling on them to advise operators on any necessary measures to address safety.[8]

This is the first incident of such scale in the Royal Norwegian Navy since 1994, when HNoMS Oslo was lost after it ran aground.[9]

References

  1. ^ https://www.tradewindsnews.com/insurance/1629147/britannia-pandi-faces-rising-claims-picture-after-frigate-sinks
  2. ^ "Fregatt – Nansenklassen" (in Norwegian). Forsvaret. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  3. ^ NTB (29 December 2013). "«Helge Ingstad» i posisjon utenfor Syria". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  4. ^ https://www.aibn.no/Marine/Investigations/18-968?iid=25573&pid=SHT-Report-Attachments.Native-InnerFile-File&attach=1
  5. ^ "Tankskip og fregatt kolliderte ved Øygarden – krigsskipet mistet styringen" [Tankers and frigates collided at Øygarden - the warship lost control]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Norwegian frigate collides with tanker after Trident Juncture". navaltoday.com. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  7. ^ Nilsen, Thomas (13 November 2018). "Latest: Frigate "Helge Ingstad" sinks". The Barents Observer. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  8. ^ https://www.aibn.no/Marine/Investigations/18-968?iid=25575&pid=SHT-Report-Attachments.Native-InnerFile-File&attach=1
  9. ^ Ekanger, Anders. "20 år siden KNM «Oslo» grunnstøtte". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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