Name Fridtjof Nansen Laid down 9 April 2003 Class and type Fridtjof Nansen Launched 3 June 2004 Weight 5,375 tons Range 8.334 million m | Yard number F310 Commissioned 5 April 2006 Construction started 9 April 2003 Length 134 m Displacement 4.799 million kg Builder Navantia | |
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Namesake Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen | ||
HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen is a frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy. Launched on 5 April 2006, she is the lead ship of the Fridtjof Nansen class of warships.
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Counter-piracy
On 26 February 2009, the Norwegian government decided to deploy HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen to the Gulf of Aden, thereby participating in the ongoing Operation Atalanta, the European Union's counter-piracy campaign in Somalia. Fridtjof Nansen joined the campaign in August 2009.
Fridtjof Nansen's engagement in Operation Atalanta is for the time being carried out without a permanently stationed helicopter. Mainly due to delays in delivery of the new NH-90, the ship is equipped with two ultra-fast RHIBs as a replacement. In November 2009 she became involved in a fire-fight with suspected pirates after being attacked while inspecting a fishing vessel.
RIMPAC 2014
In 2014, Fridtjof Nansen took part in the naval exercise RIMPAC 2014 in the Pacific Ocean. During the exercise, she used a Harpoon missile to sink the decommissioned United States Navy amphibious transport dock USS Ogden (LPD-5) as a target 55 nautical miles northwest of Hawaii on 10 July 2014.
