HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen (1930)

Fridtjof Nansen at sea
History
Norway
Name	Fridtjof Nansen
Namesake	Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen
Builder	Royal Norwegian Naval Yard at Karljohansvern, Horten
Yard number	118
Launched	5 November 1930
Commissioned	29 May 1931
Decommissioned	8 November 1940
Fate	Ran aground on an unmarked shallow and sank outside Jan Mayen on 8 November 1940
Service record
Commanders:	Ole A. Blom (1931-?); Odd Isaachsen Willoch (?-?)
Operations:	Norwegian Campaign Battle of the Atlantic
General characteristics
Displacement	1,275 tons
Length	72.8 m (238.85 ft)
Beam	10.5 m (34.45 ft)
Draft	5.7 m (18.70 ft)
Propulsion	2000 hp Lenz steam engine, 2 shafts
Speed	15 knots (27.78 km/h)
Range	7,000 nautical miles (12,964.00 km)
Complement	70 men
Armament	2 × 10 cm (4 inch) guns 2 × 47 mm (1.85 inch) automatic guns

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.