Norwegian Navy

Den Kongelige Norske Marine. Royal Norwegian Navy. Royal Norwegian Navy
Coat of arms of the Royal Norwegian Navy
Lineup	April 12, 1814
Country	Norway
Armed forces	Norwegian naval forces
Type	Armed forces ( navy )
Strength	3,350
insignia
? Service flag of the naval forces

The Kongelige Norske Marine ( German  Royal Norwegian Navy , English Royal Norwegian Navy ) forms part of the Norwegian naval forces of the Norwegian armed forces with 3,350 soldiers .

fleet

The Norwegian Navy has the following ships to carry out its tasks:

• 6 submarines of Ula class
• 4 frigates of the Fridtjof Nansen class
• 6 missile speedboats (coastal corvettes , Norwegian: Kystkorvett ) of the Skjold class (catamarans based on the SES concept with stealth properties )
• 6 mine clearance boats (three each of the Alta and Oskoy classes)
• 20 S90N - landing craft
• 1 supply ship Maud
• 1 recovery and tug ship ( Valkyren )
• 2 surveillance vessels, subordinate to the Ministry of the Environment
• 1 message ship ( Marjata )
• 2 school ships

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  Frigate Otto Sverdrup

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  KNM Valkyrien

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  Maud

There is also a unit of marine infantry ( Kystjegerkommandoen ), combat swimmers ( Marinejegerkommandoen ) and mine divers .

Home Guard

The Heimevernet (German Home Guard) with 35,000 members play an important role in the reserve system of the Norwegian Navy ; it provides four intervention companies with 450 soldiers each. There are two Norn patrol boats and nine smaller boats available to the Navy Home Army. In addition, civilian ships can be drafted if the occasion arises.

bases

In addition to the headquarters in Oslo , the Navy also has naval bases in Haakonsvern near Bergen and Ramsund . During the Cold War , additional bunkered berths were created in inaccessible areas (fjords, cliffs) for the large fleet of smaller ship units .

Coastal defense

Coastal defense is another part of the Norwegian Naval Forces . It operates nine coastal forts with the Kystvakt . 1,350 conscripts are currently serving in the Kystvakt .

→ Main article : Norwegian Coast Guard

Norge

→ Main article : Norge (Schiff, 1937)

The royal yacht Norge is owned by the Norwegian royal family and operated by the Norwegian Navy.

Connection to the merchant navy

Ships driven by reserve officers who go to sea as captains in Norway's merchant navy fly the Norwegian national and war flags .

literature

• Klaus Mommsen: Royal Norwegian Navy. With changing priorities into the future . Marineforum 6-2017, pp. 24-28.

Web links

Commons : Norwegian Navy  album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the Norwegian Navy (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Country information from the Austrian Ministry of Defense