Sauda class

The type boat of the underlying US class
Overview
Type:	Coast minesweeper
Units:	10 (5 from US production, 5 licensed buildings)
Period of service:	1955–1996?
Technical specifications
The individual boats showed deviations
Displacement :	375 ts
Length:	144   feet (43.9 m)
Width:	27 feet (8.2 m)
Draft :	8.3 feet (2.5 m)
Speed:	14  kn
Crew:	40
Drive:	2 General Motors - diesel engines 880 HP each  , 2 shafts
Armament:	1-2 x 20 mm

The Sauda class , coastal minesweepers of the Norwegian Navy , were built for their allies in the United States from the mid-1950s as part of the US Mutual Assistance Program , or the license building was financed.
The 10 Norwegian Sauda boats came from different lots . Five were built in the USA , three of which went to Belgium and were not handed over to Norway until 1966, the other half was built in Norwegian shipyards . According to the American classification, the boats belong to different classes, as they differ in details, especially the engine. In Europe, the boats were generally grouped together as the Bluebird class , over 250 of which served in practically all western navies. The Suada class was in service in Norway from 1955 to 1996. The HNoMS Alta is the last boat to be preserved today as a museum ship in Oslo .

The boats

The Norwegian boats all bore the names of Norwegian rivers.

Identifier	Surname	Period of service / nations
M311	Sauda	USA (MSC-102) 1953; Norway 1955-1986
M312	Sira	USA (MSC-132) 1955; Norway 1955–?
M313	Tana	USA (MSC-103) 1955; Belgium (M914) 1955-1966; Norway 1966-1996
M314	Alta	USA (MSC-104) 1953; Belgium (M915) 1953-1966; Norway 1966-1996
M315	Ogna	Norway 1953-1995
M316	Vosso	Norway?
M317	Glomma	USA (MSC-151) 1953; Belgium (M313) 1953-1966; Norway 1966-1992
M318	Tista	Norway?
M319	Kvina	Norway?
M320	Utla	Norway?

Individual evidence

1. ↑ warships.de
2. ↑ knmalta.org ( Memento of May 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ navsource.org