ICGV ''Freyja'' is an
offshore patrol vessel
A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval ship, naval vessel generally designed for Coastal defence and fortification, coastal defence, Border control, border security, or law ...
of the
Icelandic Coast Guard. The ship is named after
Freyja from
Norse mythology
Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Nordic folklore of the modern period ...
and is the first Coast Guard vessel to bear the name of a goddess.
Its homeport is
Siglufjörður
Siglufjörður () is a small fishing town in a narrow fjord with the same name on the northern coast of Iceland.
The population in 2011 was 1,206; the town has been shrinking in size since the 1950s when the town reached its peak of 3,000 inhabi ...
on the north coast of
Iceland.
History
Formerly an offshore oil industry service ship named ''E.R.Vittoria'' and later ''GH Endurance'', it was bought from United Offshore Support GmbH in September 2021 for 1.7 billion
ISK to replace the 46-year old
ICGV ''Týr''.
It arrived for retrofit in
Rotterdam on 11 October and was formally delivered to the Coast Guard on 28 October the same year. It arrived at Siglufjörður on 6 November.
In December 2021, ''Freyja'' rescued the stranded trawler ''Masilik'' after it ran aground on
Vatnsleysuströnd.
References
External links
Varðskipið FreyjaOfficial information
on Icelandic Coast Guard website
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2009 ships
Patrol vessels of Iceland
Freyja