HNoMS Helge Ingstad (F313)

	Helge Ingstad in 2010
History
Norway
Name	Helge Ingstad
Namesake	Norwegian explorer Helge Ingstad
Ordered	23 June 2000
Builder	Navantia, Ferrol
Laid down	28 April 2006
Launched	23 November 2007
Commissioned	29 September 2009
Identification	Pennant number: F313; MMSI number: 259044000; Callsign: LABI;
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate
Displacement	5,290 tons
Length	134 m (439.63 ft)
Beam	16.8 m (55.12 ft)
Draft	7.6 m (24.93 ft)
Propulsion	Combined diesel and gas (CODAG); Two BAZAN BRAVO 12V 4.5 MW diesel engines for cruising; One GE LM2500 21.5 MW gas turbine for high speed running; MAAG gearboxes; two shafts driving controllable pitch propellers; Bow Thruster Retractable (Electric)1 MW Brunvoll; Diesel Generators 4 × MTU 396 Serie 12V 1250 KVA;
Speed	27 knots (50.00 km/h)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,334.00 km)
Complement	120 men, 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	8-cell Mk41 VLS for 32 × RIM-162 ESSM; 8 × Naval Strike Missile SSMs; 4 × torpedo tubes for Sting Ray torpedoes; Depth charges; 1 × 76 mm OTO Melara Super Rapid gun; 4 × 12,7 mm Browning M2HB HMG; 4 × Protector (RWS) ( Sea PROTECTOR ); 2 × LRAD Long Range Acoustic Device; Prepared for, but not equipped with:; 1 × Otobreda 127 mm/54 gun to replace the 76 mm; 1 × spare 76mm OTO Melara Super Rapid gun; 1 × spare CIWS gun w/ calibre 40 mm or less; 3 × spare 8- cell Mk41 VLS launchers; Low cost ASW; ECM: Active Off-board Decoy;
Aircraft carried	1 × NH90 helicopter

HNoMS Helge Ingstad is a Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy.

Construction and commissioning

Built by the Spanish shipbuilders Navantia, in Ferrol, Helge Ingstad was the fourth of the Fridtjof Nansen class to be launched and then commissioned into the Royal Norwegian Navy.^[1]

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.^[2]

References

^ "Fregatt – Nansenklassen" (in Norwegian). Forsvaret. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
^ NTB (29 December 2013). ""Helge Ingstad" i posisjon utenfor Syria – Bergens Tidende". Bt.no. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

External links

"Fridtjof Nansen-class". forsvaret.no. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2018. - Royal Norwegian Navy's page on the Fridtjof Nansen class

[1] "Fregatt – Nansenklassen" (in Norwegian). Forsvaret. Retrieved 2016-11-20.

[2] NTB (29 December 2013). ""Helge Ingstad" i posisjon utenfor Syria – Bergens Tidende". Bt.no. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

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