Skjold class patrol boat

Skjold Class Patrol Boat

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Skjold class patrol boat

The Skjold class patrol boat
Patrol boat

A patrol boat is a small naval ship generally designed for coastal defense duties.There have been many designs for patrol boats. They may be operated by a nation's navy, coast guard, or police force, and may be intended for marine and/or estuary or river environments....
s (skjold means "shield" in Norwegian
Norwegian language

Norwegian is a North Germanic languages language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language. It is also spoken as a second language among Norwegian-Americans in the United States of America, especially in the central northern states....
) is a new class of superfast, large stealth missile craft, also known as MTBs (missile torpedo boats).

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Career
Ordered: 30 August 1996
Laid down: August 4, 1997
Launched: September 22, 1998
Commissioned: April 17, 1999
General characteristics
Length:
Length on cushion:
Beam:
Draft:
Displacement: 274 tonnes full load
Complement: 15–16
Propulsion: ?
Twin diesel engines
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Speed:
In calm sea:
Range:
Armament: 8 Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile
Naval Strike Missile

The Naval Strike Missile is an anti-ship missile and land-attack missile developed by the Norway company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, and whose initial serial production contract was signed in June 2007....
SSMs (when available) kept in an internal weapons bay
76mm Oto Breda Super Rapid
Otobreda 76 mm

The Otobreda 76 mm gun is a widely used naval artillery piece built by the Italian company Oto Melara. A vehicle-mounted version known as the Otomatic was built for the SPAAG role, although this was not put into production....
multi-role cannon
Mistral missile
Mistral missile

Mistral is an infrared homing surface-to-air missile manufactured by the European multinational company MBDA . Based on the France SATCP , the portable missile later to become the Mistral began development in 1974....
3 kg warhead SAM
12.7mm gun
Sensors: Thales MRR-3D-NG air/surface radar
Radar

Radar is a system that uses electromagnetic radiation waves to identify the range, altitude, direction, or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as aircraft, ships, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain....

Ceros 200 FC
CS-3701 electronic warfare
Electronic warfare

Electronic warfare The term EW refers to any action involving the use of the electromagnetic spectrum or directed energy to control the EMS or to attack the enemy....
suite
Sagem Vigy 20 Electro-optical sensor
Soft kill: MASS decoy (32)
Other: Link 11
TADIL-A

TADIL-A/Link 11 is a secure half-duplex TADIL radio link used by NATO that receives or transmits--but not both simultaneously--a sequential data exchange digital link....
and Link 16
Link 16

Link 16 is a military inter-computer data exchange format of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.With Link 16, military aircraft as well as ships and ground forces may exchange their tactical picture in near-real time....

The Skjold class patrol boat
Patrol boat

A patrol boat is a small naval ship generally designed for coastal defense duties.There have been many designs for patrol boats. They may be operated by a nation's navy, coast guard, or police force, and may be intended for marine and/or estuary or river environments....
s (skjold means "shield" in Norwegian
Norwegian language

Norwegian is a North Germanic languages language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language. It is also spoken as a second language among Norwegian-Americans in the United States of America, especially in the central northern states....
) is a new class of superfast, large stealth missile craft, also known as MTBs (missile torpedo boats). They are built at the Umoe Mandal
Umoe Mandal

Umoe Mandal AS is a shipbuilding company in the Ulltveit-Moe Group. Their shipyards are based at Mandal in Norway.Founded in 1989 as Kv?rner B?tservice, later Kv?rner Mandal, and known as Umoe Mandal since 2000, the company specialises in high-speed naval vessels, mine countermeasure vessels and fast patrol boats ....
yard, and regarded as the fastest warships
Naval ship

A naval ship is a ship used for combat purposes, commonly by a navy. Naval ships are differentiated from civilian ships by construction and purpose....
in the world with speeds over 60 knots / 110 km/h.

Development and Production

The Skjold Class vessels began with the development of the Norwegian Navy's "Project SMP 6081", and the first preproduction version was ordered on 30 August 1996. The first of its class, the P960 Skjold, was launched on 22 September 1998 and commissioned on 17 April 1999. The Norwegian Parliament's White Paper of 2001 recommended the building of five additional ships, which was confirmed in 2002. Ultimately the Skjold class MTBs will consist of six ships, 4 having already been launched in early 2008. The remaining two are currently under construction. Ship # 2,Storm, was to be delivered in April 2008. Following that, one new ship will be delivered every three months until Gnist is delivered in June 2009. Once full production has been completed the six Skjold-Class MTBs will supplement the Norwegian Navy's existing pool of fourteen Hauk class
Hauk class patrol boat

Hauk class patrol boats are a series of Norwegian fast attack craft. Hauk means hawk in Norwegian language. Designed as a development of the Storm- and Sn?gg-class, by Lieutenant-commander Harald Henriksen....
MTBs, the latter soon to be retired.

Design

To ensure stealth capabilities, anechoic coatings of radar absorbent material
Radar absorbent material

Radar absorbent material, or RAM, is a class of materials used in stealth technology to disguise a vehicle or structure from radar detection....
s (RAM) have been used in the load-bearing structures over large areas of the ship. This strategy leads to significant weight saving compared to the conventional construction technique of applying RAM cladding to the external surfaces. The ship's profile has a faceted appearance with no right angle structures and few orientations of reflective panels. Doors and hatches are flush with the surfaces and the windows are flush without visible coaming (edge of window aperture) and are fitted with radar reflective screens.

The final design will see some changes compared to the prototype Skjold, which itself is being rebuilt to the new specifications. Most notably, the new vessels will use 4 gas turbines, two large ones and two small ones, giving greater power. The two MTU 123 cruise diesel propulsion units used previously for loiter speeds have been removed. Furthermore, the foredeck will be strengthened due to the addition of the 76 mm Super Rapid gun. The production of the hull material is being done using a different method to improve its strength and minimize fire
Fire

Fire is the oxidation of a combustion material releasing heat, light, and various Chemical reaction products such as carbon dioxide and water....
vulnerability. The bridge will see some changes, including an upgrade to six weapon systems control consoles. Heavyweight torpedos may also be included.

US Navy
The U.S. Navy
United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
and Coast Guard expressed interest in the design and leased the P960 for a period of one year, from 2001 until 2002. During that time it was operated by a 14-man Norwegian crew out of Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek
Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek

The Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek is the major operating base for the Amphibious Forces in the United States Navy's US Atlantic Fleet. The base comprises four locations in three states, including almost 12,000 acres of real estate....
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Vessels

Skjold class — significant dates
# Name Laid down Launched Commissioned Notes
P960 Skjold August 4, 1997 September 22, 1998 April 17, 1999
P961 Storm October, 2005 November 1, 2006 Due to enter service spring 2008 Sea trials as of Jan 08
P962 Skudd March, 2006 April 30, 2007 Due to enter service mid 2008
P963 Steil October, 2006 January 15, 2008 Due to enter service late 2008
P964 Glimt May, 2007 Due to enter service spring 2009
P965 Gnist December, 2007 Due to enter service mid 2009

See also

List of ships of the Norwegian Navy

Similar ships

Houbei class missile boat
Houbei class missile boat

The Houbei class missile boat is the newest class of missile boat in the People's Liberation Army Navy. The first boat was launched in April 2004 by the Qiuxin Shipbuilding Factory at Shanghai....

External links

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Leo Lazauskas (2008) . Dept. Applied Mathematics Report, The University of Adelaide, 19 Feb. 2008.