HNoMS Otto Sverdrup (F312)

	Otto Sverdrup in 2009
History
Norway
Name	Otto Sverdrup
Namesake	Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup
Ordered	23 June 2000
Builder	Navantia, Ferrol
Laid down	25 May 2005
Launched	28 April 2006
Commissioned	30 April 2008
Identification	Pennant number: F312; MMSI number: 259043000; Callsign: LABS;
Status	Active
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General characteristics
Class and type	Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate
Displacement	5,290 tons
Length	134 m (439.63 ft)
Beam	16.8 m (55.12 ft)
Draft	7.6 m (24.93 ft)
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	27 knots (50.00 km/h)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,334.00 km)
Complement	120 men, accommodations for 146; Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1F 3-D multifunction radar; Reutech RSR 210N air/sea surveillance radar; Sagem Vigy 20 Electro Optical Director; MRS 2000 hull mounted sonar; Captas MK II V1 active/passive towed sonar; 2 × Mark 82 fire-control radar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	Terma DL-12T decoy launcher, Loki torpedo countermeasure
Armament	8-cell Mk41 VLS for 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; 4 × Protector (RWS) ( Sea PROTECTOR ); 2 × 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; 3 × spare 8- cell Mk41 VLS launchers; Low cost ASW; ECM: Active Off-board Decoy;
Aircraft carried	1 × NH90 helicopter

HNoMS Otto Sverdrup is a Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy.

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