Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate

HNoMS Otto Sverdrup
Class overview
Name	Fridtjof Nansen class
Builders	Navantia, Ferrol, Spain
Operators	Royal Norwegian Navy
Preceded by	Oslo class
Cost	NOK 21 billion (2003) for 5 units (est.) NOK 4.2 billion (2003) per unit (est.) USD 489 million per unit (est.)
Completed	5
Active	4
Lost	1
General characteristics
Type	Multi-role frigate
Displacement	5,290 tons full load
Length	134 m (439 ft 8 in)
Beam	16.8 m (55 ft 1 in)
Draft	7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)[1][2]
Propulsion	Combined diesel and gas turbine (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 km/h; 31 mph)+
Range	4.500 nmi (8.334 km; 5.179 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	120, accommodations for 146
Sensors and processing systems	Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1F 3D 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 AN/SPG-62 fire-control radar
Electronic warfare & decoys	Condor CS-3701 ECM:/ESM: suite Terma DL-12T decoy launcher Loki torpedo countermeasure
Armament	1 or 2 × 8-cell Mk 41 VLS (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 3 × 12.7 mm Browning M2HB machine gun in Sea Protector mounts 2 × 7.62mm MG 3 machine gun Capabilities for other weapons[note 1] 2 × LRAD Long Range Acoustic Device
Aircraft carried	1 × medium-sized ASW helicopter

The Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates are a class of frigates that are the main surface combatant units of the Royal Norwegian Navy. The ships are named after famous Norwegian explorers, with the lead ship of the class bearing the name of Fridtjof Nansen. Five ships were ordered from Spanish shipbuilder Bazan (now Navantia).

The total projected cost for all five ships in 2009 was 21 billion kr (about US$2.44 billion).^[3] As of November 2018, four are in active service and one has sunk and was subsequently scrapped.

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