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Royal Norwegian Navy / Sjøforsvaret Storm class Fast Attack Missile Craft (Missilkanonbåter MKB - Missile Gun Boat) |
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P 960 Storm | P 961 Blink | P 962 Glimt | P 963 Skjold | P 964 Trygg | P 965 Kjekk | P 966 Djerv P 967 Skudd | P 968 Arg | P 969 Steil | P 970 Brann | P 971 Tross | P 972 Hvass | P 973 Traust P 974 Brott | P 975 Odd | P 976 Pil | P 977 Brask | P 978 Rokk | P 979 Gnist |
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Builders: Bergens Mekaniske Verksteder, Bergen, Norway A/S Westermoen Båtbyggeri og Mek Verksted, Mandal, Norway Length: 36,5 meters (120 feet) Beam: 6,2 meters (20.3 ft) Draught: 1,8 meters (5.9 ft) Displacement: 138 tons (full load) Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h) Range: ? Complement: 19 Propulsion: 2 x Maybach diesel engines (2 x 3600 hp = 5,37 MW) 2 shafts / 2 propellers
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The Storm class fast patrol boats (FPB)
were a class of 20 vessels built for the Royal Norwegian Navy. In Norwegian these boats were called missilkanonbåter (MKB) meaning boats with missiles and guns. They were operated by the Coastal Combat Flotilla together with the MTBs, or missile torpedo boats. None of the boats are currently in service with the Royal Norwegian Navy. The design was Norwegian and all of the boats were built by Norwegian ship yards from 1965 to 1967. The Storm class was designed by Lieutenant-Commander (later Captain) Harald Henriksen. The same man was also involved in the design of the Rapp-class MTBs - the first Norwegian-built MTBs. Later, he also designed the Snøgg- and Hauk-class MTB's. Henriksen's wife, Margot Henriksen, christened the first KNM Skjold (P 963), delivered to the Norwegian navy in February 1966 from Westermoen yard in Mandal. Norway donated a Storm-class vessel each to Estonia and Lithuania and three to Latvia in 1995. In the Lithuanian Navy, the ex-Storm class are designated the DZUKAS class, and in the Latvia Navy, the ex-Storms are were designated the Bulta class. Since the 1999 edition of The World Defence Almanac the Storm class has not been listed for the Estonian Navy. At the end of the 1990s, two vessels were sold to Lithuania and three were sold to Latvia. A further three hulls may have been donated to each of the Baltic countries as spare parts. The prototype Storm, completed 31 May 1963, was later scrapped and replaced by a second boat taking the same name and pennant number P960; the last of the class completed in 1968. After 1970 Penguin missiles were fitted to these boats in addition to the original armament. source: wikipedia NOTE: In Norwegian, Royal Norwegian Navy vessels are given the prefix "KNM", short for Kongelige Norske Marine (Royal Norwegian Ship) - or in English 'HNoMS' for His Norwegian Majesty's Ship |
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