HNoMS Narvik (F304)

59.429638°N 10.479761°E / 59.429638; 10.479761

Norwegian frigate Narvik (F304).
History
Norway
NameNarvik
Ordered1960
Launched8 January 1965
Commissioned30 November 1966
Decommissioned1 August 2007
IdentificationF304
Fatetransferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy Museum in Horten
General characteristics
Class and typeOslo-class frigate
Displacement
  • 1,450 long tons (1,473 t) standard
  • 1,745 long tons (1,773 t) full load
Length96.6 m (316 ft 11 in)
Beam11.2 m (36 ft 9 in)
Draft5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
PropulsionTwin steam boilers, one high pressure and one low pressure steam turbine, 20,000 hp (14,914 kW)
Speed25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h)
Range4,500 nautical miles at 15 knots (8,300 km at 28 km/h)
Complement120 (129 max) officers and men
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Siemens/Plessey AWS-9 long range air search radar
  • Racal DeccaTM 1226 surface search radar in I band
  • Kongsberg MSI-90(U) tracking and fire control system
  • Raytheon Mk 95; I/J-band search and track radar for Sea Sparrow
  • Medium frequency Thomson-CSF Sintra/Simrad TSM 2633 combined hull and VDS active sonar
  • High frequency Terne III active sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys		4 × Mark 36 SRBOC chaff launchers ESM: AR 700 suite
Armament
  • 2 × 3 in (76 mm) cannon
  • 1 × Bofors 40mm/70 anti-aircraft gun
  • 2 × 20 mm Rheinmetall anti-aircraft guns
  • 2 × 12.7 mm anti-aircraft guns
  • 6 × Penguin SSMs (usually not mounted)
  • 1 × 8-cell Raytheon RIM-7M Sea Sparrow Mk 29 SAM system
  • 6 × Kongsberg Terne ASW rocket-thrown depth charges
  • 2 × triple 324 mm (12.8 in) Mark 32 torpedo tubes (Sting Ray torpedoes)

HNoMS Narvik (pennant number F304) was an Oslo-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy.

Narvik, the last active ship of the class, was transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy Museum in Horten in 2007.

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