The ''Barentshav'' class of
offshore patrol vessels consists of three vessels powered by
liquefied natural gas
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled down to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport. It takes up about 1/600th the vol ...
. Ordered for the
Norwegian Coast Guard
The Norwegian Coast Guard ( no, Kystvakten) is a maritime military force which is part of the Royal Norwegian Navy. The coast guard's responsibility are for fisheries inspection, customs enforcement, border control, law enforcement, shipping ...
, their main tasks are
EEZ patrol, fishery inspection, search and rescue as well as tug readiness along the shore of
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
which is seeing increasing traffic from
tankers.
Design
The vessels are of the
Vik-Sandvik design VS 794 CGV, and were built by
Myklebust Verft and operated by
Remøy Management on behalf of the Norwegian Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard expects a 90% decrease in
fume releases, and a 20% decrease in
releases compared to a conventionally powered vessel of similar size.
The ships replace NoCGV ''Chieftain'', and ''Stålbas''. ''Stålbas'' lease contract expired at the end of 2006, ''Tromsø''s on 20 March 2007, and ''Chieftain''s at the end of 2007. was delivered in August 2009, ''Bergen'' in late 2009/early 2010 and ''Sortland'' in 2010.
The ''Barentshav'' class is equipped for the
NATO Submarine Rescue System
The NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) is a tri-national project to develop an international submarine rescue system. The system provides a rescue capability primarily to the partner nations of France, Norway and the United Kingdom, but also to ...
.
Vessels
See also
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External links
Naming of the first ship in the class, NoCGV BarentshavArticle with picture animation from Norwegian Armed ForcesCoast Guard vessel on gasRemoy Management orders gas-fuelled coast guard vessel based on VS designGas-coast guard number three
Patrol ship classes
Patrol vessels
Patrol vessels of the Norwegian Coast Guard
Experimental ships
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