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HNoMS Nasty

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Norwegian patrol boat Nasty
History
Norway
NameHNoMS Nasty
BuilderWestermoen Båtbyggeri, Mandal
Launched1958
IdentificationPennant number: P
FateStricken, 1967
General characteristics [1]
TypeMotor Torpedo Boat
Displacement69 long tons (70 t) (standard) 76 long tons (77 t) (full load)
Length24.5 m (80 ft 5 in)
Beam7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Draught2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
Propulsion2 × Napier Deltic diesel engines, 5,000 bhp (3,728 kW) 2 × shaft
Speed43 knots (49 mph; 80 km/h)
Complement22 men (Norwegian Navy)
Armament

HNoMS Nasty was a fast attack craft of the Royal Norwegian Navy, built as a private venture by Westermoen Båtbyggeri of Mandal, Norway. Designed by Jan Herman Linge she was an experimental craft, of wooden hull construction, launched in 1958. Nasty served with the Royal Norwegian Navy and was the prototype for the navies Tjeld class patrol boats. Boats to Nasty's design were also built for the US and German navies. Nasty was stricken in 1967.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Conway p294

References

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  • Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995 (1995) Naval Institute Press, Annapolis ISBN 1-55750-132-7