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Maud replaced HNoMS Valkyrien as the naval logistics vessel. The vessel's primary task is to support naval forces with after-supplies. The ship is the largest ship ever in the Royal Norwegian Navy, and is twice as large as the frigates of the Fridtjof Nansen class. [2] She is named in honour of Queen Maud of Norway, wife of Haakon VII of Norway ...
Ship No. Comm. Displacement Notes Logistics ships (3) AEGIR class: 1 South Korea: Auxiliary Oil Replenishment: HNoMS Maud: A530: 2019: 27,500 tonnes [14] [15] Reine class: 2 Poland: Logistics command vessels HNoMS Olav Tryggvason: A536 (P380) 2013 (2010) 760 tonnes Delays in HNoMS Maud, former inner coast guard vessels transferred to Navy as ...
The 37,000 t ships provide fuel, food, fresh water, ammunition and other supplies to Royal Navy vessels around the world. Norway ordered a similar 26,000 t version with a 48-bed hospital and greater solid stores capacity, but reduced liquid capacity; it was delivered in November 2018 as HNoMS Maud two years after originally planned. The two ...
Ten ships and 1,000 men from the Royal Norwegian Navy participated in the Normandy Invasion in 1944. During the war the navy operated 118 ships, at the end of the war it had 58 ships and 7,500 men in service. They lost 27 ships, 18 fishing boats (of the Shetland bus) and 933 men in World War II. [8] The navy had its own air force from 1912 to 1944.
A Norwegian cruise ship, MS Maud, with more than 250 passengers on board lost power in the North Sea after a storm on Thursday, Dec. 21. ... PHOTO COLLECTION: Lunar New Year. Lighter Side. CNN.
HNoMS Draug – lead ship of the Draug class. Draug class. Draug (1910–1943) In Norwegian service until scrapped in 1944. Troll (1912–1949) In German hands from 1940 to 1945, scrapped in 1949. Garm (1914–1940) Sunk by Luftwaffe bombers on 26 April 1940 during the Norwegian campaign. HNoMS Sleipner – lead ship of the Sleipner class
Ship Type Part of task force Flagship 2025: Commodore Thomas Stig Rasmussen (January 1 – January 9) Commodore Arjen Warnaar (January 9 – ) HNoMS Maud: Replenishment oiler: January 1 – January 9 January 1 – January 9 HNLMS Tromp: De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate: January 9 – ongoing January 9 – ongoing HSwMS Visby: Visby class corvette
Maud, named for Queen Maud of Norway, was a ship built for Roald Amundsen for his second expedition to the Arctic. Designed for his intended voyage through the Northeast Passage , the vessel was built in Asker , a suburb of the capital, Oslo .