Oslo-class frigate

Stavanger
Class overview
NameOslo class
BuildersNavy Main Yard, Karljohansvern, Horten, Norway
Operators Royal Norwegian Navy
Succeeded byFridtjof Nansen class
Built1964–1966
In commission1966–2007
Completed5
Lost1
Retired3
Preserved1
General characteristics
TypeFrigate
Displacement
  • 1,735 long tons (1,763 t) standard
  • 2,100 long tons (2,134 t) full load
Length96.6 m (316 ft 11 in)
Beam11.2 m (36 ft 9 in)
Draft5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
PropulsionTwin steam boilers, one high pressure and one low pressure steam turbine, 20,000 hp (14,914 kW)
Speed25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range3,900 nmi (7,200 km; 4,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement120 (129 max) officers and men
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Siemens/Plessey AWS-9 long range air search radar
  • Racal DeccaTM 1226 surface search radar in I band
  • Kongsberg MSI-90(U) tracking and fire control system
  • Raytheon Mk 95; I/J-band search and track radar for Sea Sparrow
  • Medium frequency Thomson-CSF Sintra/Simrad TSM 2633 combined hull and VDS active sonar
  • High frequency Terne III active sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
4 × Mark 36 SRBOC chaff launchers ESM: AR 700 suite
Armament

The Oslo-class frigate is a Royal Norwegian Navy frigate design of the 1960s, based on the US Navy Dealey-class destroyer escorts. The forward hull was customized to suit Norwegian sea conditions better (higher freeboard) and several sub-systems were European built.[1] Ships of the class operated until 2007, when they were replaced by the Fridtjof Nansen class.

  1. ^ Chant, Chris (2004). Warships Today: Over 200 of the World's Deadliest Fighting Ships. Barnes & Noble. p. 112. ISBN 1-84509-007-1.