| Otto Sverdrup outward bound from Portsmouth Naval Base, UK, 21 Sept 2009, assigned to NATO duties. | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | Navantia, Ferrol, Spain |
| Operators: | Royal Norwegian Navy |
| Preceded by: | Oslo class |
| In commission: | 5 |
| Active: | HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen HNoMS Roald Amundsen HNoMS Otto Sverdrup HNoMS Helge Ingstad HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Multi-role Frigate (Guided Missile and ASW) |
| Displacement: | 5,290 tons full load |
| Length: | 134m |
| Beam: | 16.8m |
| Draft: | 7.6m |
| 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: | 26+ knots (48+ km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500nm @ 16 knots (8,300 km @ 30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 120, accommodations for 146 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1F 3-D multifunction radar Reutech RSR 210N air/sea surveillance radar Sagem Vigy 20 Electro Optical Director Kongsberg MSI 2005F ASW combat system MRS 2000 hull mounted sonar Captas MK II V1 active/passive towed array sonar 2 × Mark 82 fire-control radar |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
Condor CS-3701 ECM:/ESM: suite Terma DL-12T decoy launcher, Loki torpedo countermeasure |
| Armament: | 1 × 8-cell Mk41 VLS w/ 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 Sea Protector 2 x 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 1 × spare 8- cell Mk41 VLS launchers Low cost ASW ECM: Active Off-board Decoy |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × NH90 helicopter |