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MS Fridtjof Nansen is a Norwegian cruise ship (though marketed as an "expedition ship"). Named after polar explorer and scientist Fridtjof Nansen, it is a near identical twin to MS Roald Amundsen. It is a hybrid powered Polar Class 6 ship built by Kleven Yards Ulsteinvik for Hurtigruten. MS Fridtjof Nansen at the port of Bergen, Norway.
Fridtjof Nansen was the first ship in the Norwegian armed forces to be built specially to perform coast guard and fishery protection duties in the Arctic.She saw service in the Second World War with the Royal Norwegian Navy until she ran aground on an unmarked shallow at Jan Mayen in November 1940.
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (Norwegian: [ˈfrɪ̂tːjɔf ˈnɑ̀nsn̩]; 10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and co-founded the Fatherland League.
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 ...
Fram leaves Bergen on 2 July 1893, bound for the Arctic Ocean Period map showing the regions traversed by the expedition [1]. Nansen's Fram expedition of 1893–1896 was an attempt by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen to reach the geographical North Pole by harnessing the natural east–west current of the Arctic Ocean.
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 ...
There have been several ships in the Royal Norwegian Navy named after the Norwegian explorer and Nobel Peace Prize winner Fridtjof Nansen. HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen (1930) – patrol vessel from 1931. Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate – a new class of Aegis frigates from 2005. HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen (F310) lead ship of the class.
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.
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