 KNM Sleipner (F310) and KNM Aeger (F311) at Amsterdam.
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Sleipner class |
| Operators |  Royal Norwegian Navy |
| Built | 1963–1965 |
| In commission | 1965–1992 |
| Planned | 5 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Scrapped | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Corvette |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 69.33 m (227 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 7.90 m (25 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 2.50 m (8 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion | 4 × MTU diesels totalling 9,000 bhp (6,711 kW) |
| Speed | 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 61 |
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| Armament |
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The Sleipner class was a series of corvettes ordered as part of the Royal Norwegian Navy's 1960 fleet plan. It was intended to build five ships of the class, but because of economic problems only two were built; Sleipner and Æger.
Development
Sleipner was built by Nylands Mekaniske Verksted, Oslo, and Æger by Aker Mekaniske Verksted, Oslo, and handed over to the Royal Norwegian Navy between 1965 and 1967. The ships were armed with an American 3 in (76.2 mm) gun forward and a Bofors 40 mm gun aft, with a Terne III anti-submarine rocket launcher ahead of the 40 mm gun. The ships were fitted with American SQS-36 sonar.
The ships had their anti-submarine capabilities improved in 1972, when they were fitted with Mark 32 anti-submarine torpedo tubes. The ships were mainly used as training ships in the 1980s, although they did retain a wartime role as coastal escorts. They were again modernised between 1988 and 1989, with new sonar and gun fire control systems fitted. They were decommissioned in 1993.
Ship list
| # | Name | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned |
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| F 310 (originally P 950) |
Sleipner | 1963 | 9 November 1963 | 29 April 1965 | 1993 |
| F 311 (originally P 951) |
Æger | 1964 | 24 September 1965 | 31 March 1967 | 1993 |
See also
Citations
- ^ Prézelin and Baker 1990, p. 403.
- ^ Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 293.
- ^ Moore 1985, p. 370.
- Grove 1990, p. 107.
References
- Gardiner, Roger and Stephen Chumbley. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1995. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- Grove, Eric J. NATO Major Warships - Europe. London: Tri-Service Press, 1990. ISBN 1-85400-006-3.
- Moore, John. Jane's Fighting Ships 1985–86. London: Jane's Yearbooks, 1985. ISBN 978-0-7106-0814-7.
- Prézelin, Bernard and A.D. Baker. The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1990/91. Annapolis, Maryland, USA, 1990. ISBN 0-87021-250-8.