HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl (F314)

Exercising with HMS Lancaster in March 2021

History
Norway
Name| Thor Heyerdahl
Namesake| Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl
Ordered| 23 June 2000
Builder| Navantia, Ferrol
Laid down| 23 November 2007
Launched| 11 February 2009
Commissioned| 18 February 2011
Identification|

* Pennant number: F314
* MMSI number: 259045000
* Callsign: LABH

Status| Active
Badge|
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|

* 2 x 8-cell Mk41 VLS for 64 × 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 Thor Heyerdahl is a Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy.

## Construction and commissioning

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Built by the Spanish shipbuilders Navantia, in Ferrol, Thor Heyerdahl was the fifth and last of the Fridtjof Nansen class to be launched and then commissioned into the Royal Norwegian Navy.[1] Unlike the other members of her class, she was built with two 8-cell VLS modules instead of one.

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to KNM Thor Heyerdahl (F314).

1. ^ "Fregatt – Nansenklassen" (in Norwegian). Forsvaret. Retrieved 2016-11-20.

## External links

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* "Fridtjof Nansen-class". forsvaret.no. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2018. \- Royal Norwegian Navy's page on the Fridtjof Nansen class

Thor Heyerdahl in 2011

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Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates

* Fridtjof Nansen
* Roald Amundsen
* Otto Sverdrup
* Helge Ingstad
* Thor Heyerdahl

* Preceded by: Oslo class
* Followed by: None

* List of Royal Norwegian Navy ships

Commissioned ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy

Frigates|

| Fridtjof Nansen class|

* Fridtjof Nansen
* Roald Amundsen
* Otto Sverdrup
* Helge Ingstad
* Thor Heyerdahl

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Mine countermeasure vessels|

| Oksøy class|

* Karmøy
* Måløy
* Hinnøy

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Alta class|

* Alta
* Otra
* Rauma

Patrol boats|

| Skjold class|

* Storm
* Skudd
* Steil
* Glimt
* Gnist

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Submarines|

| Ula class|

* Ula
* Utsira
* Utstein
* Utvær
* Uthaug
* Uredd

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Other vessels|

| Support vessel|

* Valkyrien
* Maud

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Royal yacht|

* Norge

Underwater search
& recovery vessel|

* Tyr

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