NoCGV Ålesund

Ship built in 1996

NoCGV Ålesund in Bergen

History
Norway
Name| NoCGV Ålesund
Namesake| Ålesund
Builder| Myklebust Mekaniske Verksted, Gurskebotn
Commissioned| 1996
Identification|

* IMO number: 9139763
* MMSI number: 259337000
* Call sign: W312 and LHXC[1]

Status| Out of service
General characteristics [2]
Type| Offshore patrol vessel
Displacement| 1350 tons
Length|

* 63.20 m (207 ft 4 in) oa
* 57.00 m (187 ft 0 in) pp

Beam| 11.50 m (37 ft 9 in)
Draught| 4.67 m (15 ft 4 in)
Installed power| Wärtsilä Wichmann 8V28B, 3,600 hp (2,700 kW)
Speed| 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement| 23 (5 officers, 15 other ranks and 3 civilians)
Armament| 40 mm/L70 Bofors cannon and 12,7 mm machine guns

NoCGV Ålesund was a purpose-built, leased, offshore patrol vessel for the Norwegian Coast Guard of the Royal Norwegian Navy.

In November 1995, the Norwegian Coast Guard ordered two purpose-built chartered Fishery Protection Vessels, the NoCGV Tromsø, a 2,100-ton Polish-built vessel chartered from Tromsø Dampskibsselskab, and Ålesund, a 1,350-ton vessel chartered from Remøy Shipping. Ålesund entered service in April 1996.[2]

Ålesund is named after the city Ålesund in Western Norway. She is a 1,350-ton vessel, and was armed with a Bofors 40 mm gun and Colt 12,7mm heavy machine guns. Ålesund was used for general EEZ patrol, including fishery inspection and search and rescue. She was based at the naval base Haakonsvern in Bergen. Her crew contained 10 officers and 12 conscripts.

She is currently disarmed and laid up in Herøy by owners. No plans for future use is known.

## Citations

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1. ^ "Alesund (9139763)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
2. ^ a b Baker 1998, p. 567.

## References

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* Baker, A.D. (1998). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1998–1999. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-111-4.

## External links

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Media related to W312 Ålesund (ship, 1996) at Wikimedia Commons

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