The ''Sleipner'' class was a series of
corvette
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s ordered as part of the
Royal Norwegian Navy
The Royal Norwegian Navy ( no, Sjøforsvaret, , Sea defence) is the branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces responsible for naval operations of Norway. , the Royal Norwegian Navy consists of approximately 3,700 personnel (9,450 in mobilized state, 3 ...
's 1960 fleet plan.
It was intended to build five ships of the class, but because of economic problems only two were built; and .
Development
''Sleipner'' was built by
Nylands Mekaniske Verksted, Oslo, and ''Æger'' by
Aker Mekaniske Verksted, Oslo, and handed over to the Royal Norwegian Navy between 1965 and 1967.
The ships were armed with an American gun forward and a
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aft, with a
Terne III anti-submarine rocket launcher ahead of the 40 mm gun. The ships were fitted with American SQS-36 sonar.
The ships had their anti-submarine capabilities improved in 1972, when they were fitted with
Mark 32 anti-submarine torpedo tubes.
The ships were mainly used as training ships in the 1980s, although they did retain a wartime role as coastal escorts.
[Grove 1990, p. 107.] They were again modernised between 1988 and 1989, with new sonar and gun fire control systems fitted.
They were decommissioned in 1993.
Ship list
See also
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List of Royal Norwegian Navy ships
This article is a list of Royal Norwegian Navy fleet units and vessels, both past and present.
Ships from the years 1509 to 1814 might be listed under Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy.
Fleet units and vessels (present)
Frigates
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Citations
References
* Gardiner, Roger and Stephen Chumbley. ''Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995''. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1995. .
* Grove, Eric J. ''NATO Major Warships - Europe''. London: Tri-Service Press, 1990. .
* Moore, John. ''Jane's Fighting Ships 1985–86''. London: Jane's Yearbooks, 1985. .
* Prézelin, Bernard and A.D. Baker. ''The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1990/91''. Annapolis, Maryland, USA, 1990. {{ISBN, 0-87021-250-8.
External links
Video: KNM ''Sleipner'' sunk as a target ship by a Hauk class patrol boaton
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Corvette classes
Corvettes of the Royal Norwegian Navy