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Multi-role frigate
Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate is a multi-role frigate. It was built by Navantia , Ferrol, Spain. Reported operators include Royal Norwegian Navy.
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Navantia , Ferrol, Spain
Royal Norwegian Navy
Oslo class
Type 26 frigate
NOK 21 billion (2003) for 5 units (est.) NOK 4.2 billion (2003) per unit (est.) USD 489 million per unit (est.)
2006-present
5
4
1 ( Helge Ingstad )
1 ( Helge Ingstad )
Multi-role frigate
5,290 tons full load
134 m (439 ft 8 in)
16.8 m (55 ft 1 in)
7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)
Combined diesel and gas turbine (CODAG) Two BAZAN BRAVO 12V 4.5 MW diesel engines for cruising One GE LM2500 21.5 MW gas turbine for high speed running MAAG gearboxes Two shafts driving controllable pitch propellers Bow Thruster Retractable (Electric) 1 MW Brunvoll Diesel generators 4 × MTU 396 Serie 12V 1250 KVA
27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)+
4.500 nmi (8.334 km; 5.179 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
120, accommodations for 146
Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1 F 3D multifunction radar Reutech RSR 210N air/sea surveillance radar Sagem Vigy 20 Electro Optical Director Kongsberg MSI 2005F ASW combat system MRS 2000 hull mounted sonar Captas MK II V1 active/passive towed array sonar 2 × Mark 82 AN/SPG-62 fire-control radar
Condor CS-3701 ECM:/ESM: suite Terma DL-12T decoy launcher Loki torpedo countermeasure
1 or 2 × 8-cell Mk 41 VLS (32 × RIM-162 ESSM ) 8 × Naval Strike Missile SSMs 4 × torpedo tubes for Sting Ray torpedoes Depth charges 1 × 76 mm OTO Melara Super Rapid gun 3 × 12.7 mm Browning M2HB machine gun in Sea Protector mounts 2 × 7.62mm MG 3 machine gun Capabilities for other weapons 2 × LRAD Long Range Acoustic Device
1 × medium-sized ASW helicopter
Spain 0 references
Norway 0 references
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True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sept 2026 | 134 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
NorwayNavy exact named equipment holdings: Fridtjof Nansen. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS / FFGHM. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for Fridtjof Nansen class Álvaro de Bazán class (F-100) derivative. Service scope: Navy; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 4. Origin: Spain. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.