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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
The Royal Norwegian Navy is the branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces responsible for naval operations of the state of Norway.As of 2008, the RNoN consists of approximately 3,700 personnel (9,450 in mobilized state, 32,000 when fully mobilized) and 69 vessels, including 4 frigates, 6 submarines, 6 corvettes, 3 minesweepers, 3 minehunters, 3 support vessels and 2 training vessels.
This is a typing short cut for linking to Royal Norwegian Navy ship articles named in the format "HNoMS Svenner (G03)". Since Ship names are italicized in article text, linking to them in the usual manner means typing everything twice, such as [[HnoMS Svenner (G03)|HNoMS ''Svenner'' (G03)]]. This template halves that to {{HNoMS|Svenner|G03}}.
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.
This category is for pages about names used by more than one ship of the Royal Norwegian Navy.Only shipindex pages should be included in this category. Individual ships (including those that are the only one to bear the name) should instead be categorised in Category:Ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy, or the relevant subcategory for the type of vessel.
Skjold-class corvettes (skjold means "shield" in Norwegian) are a class of six light, superfast, stealth missile corvettes in service with the Royal Norwegian Navy.The boats were formerly classed as MTBs (motor torpedo boats) but, from 2009, the Royal Norwegian Navy has described them as corvettes (korvett) because their seaworthiness is seen as comparable to corvettes, and because they do not ...
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 ...
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.