HNoMS Helge Ingstad (F313)

Helge Ingstad in 2010
History
Norway
NameHelge Ingstad
NamesakeNorwegian explorer Helge Ingstad
Ordered23 June 2000
BuilderNavantia, Ferrol
Laid down28 April 2006
Launched23 November 2007
Commissioned29 September 2009
Decommissioned24 June 2019[1]
Stricken13 November 2018
Identification
FateSold for scrap[2]
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeFridtjof Nansen-class frigate
Displacement5,290 long tons (5,370 t)
Length133.2 m (437 ft 0 in)
Beam16.8 m (55 ft 1 in)
Draft7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)
Propulsion
Speed26 knots (48 km/h)
Range4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km)
Complement
  • 120, accommodations for 146
  • Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1F 3-D multifunction radar
  • Reutech RSR 210N air/sea surveillance radar
  • Sagem Vigy 20 Electro Optical Director
  • MRS 2000 hull mounted sonar
  • Captas MK II V1 active/passive towed sonar
  • 2 × Mark 82 fire-control radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys		Terma DL-12T decoy launcher, Loki torpedo countermeasure
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × NH90 helicopter

HNoMS Helge Ingstad was a Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy. The vessel was ordered on 23 June 2000 and constructed by Navantia in Spain. The ship was launched on 23 November 2007 and commissioned on 29 November 2009. Named for Helge Ingstad, a Norwegian explorer, the Fridtjof Nansen class are capable of anti-air, anti-submarine and surface warfare. On 8 November 2018, HNoMS Helge Ingstad was in a collision with the tanker Sola TS in Norwegian waters just outside Sture Terminal.[3] Helge Ingstad was severely damaged in the collision and ran aground. On 13 November 2018, the ship sank where she had run aground and became a constructive total loss.[4]

She was raised in a salvage operation from 27 February 2019 to 3 March 2019. In June 2019 after it was deemed uneconomical to repair her, it was decided that she would be scrapped.[5]

  1. ^ "Ministry confirms frigate scrapping". www.newsinenglish.no. 24 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Fregatten Helge Ingstad er nå historie". Forsvarsmateriell.no. Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  3. ^ NRK (8 November 2018). "Tankskipet hadde los og eskortebåt". Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Britannia P&I faces rising claims picture after frigate". TradeWinds - Latest shipping and maritime news. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  5. ^ Scott, Richard (25 June 2019). "Norway to scrap damaged frigate". janes.com. Retrieved 12 October 2019.