HNoMS Trondheim (F302)

Norwegian frigate Trondheim entering Port Everglades, Florida, in 1993.
History
Norway
Name:	Trondheim
Ordered:	1960
Launched:	4 September 1964
Commissioned:	2 June 1966
Decommissioned:	June 2006
Identification:	F302
General characteristics
Class and type:	Oslo-class frigate
Displacement:	1,735 long tons (1,763 t) standard 2,100 long tons (2,134 t) full load
Length:	96.6 m (316 ft 11 in)
Beam:	11.2 m (36 ft 9 in)
Draft:	5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Propulsion:	Twin steam boilers, one high pressure and one low pressure steam turbine, 20,000 hp (14,914 kW)
Speed:	25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h)
Range:	3,900 nautical miles at 15 knots (7,200 km at 28 km/h)
Complement:	120 (129 max) officers and men
Sensors and processing systems:	Siemens/Plessey AWS-9 long range air search radar Racal DeccaTM 1226 surface search radar in I band Kongsberg MSI-90(U) tracking and fire control system Raytheon Mk 95; I/J-band search and track radar for Sea Sparrow Medium frequency Thomson-CSF Sintra/Simrad TSM 2633 combined hull and VDS active sonar High frequency Terne III active sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys:	4 × Mark 36 SRBOC chaff launchers ESM: AR 700 suite
Armament:	2 × 3 in (76 mm) cannon 1 × Bofors 40mm/70 anti-aircraft gun 2 × 20 mm Rheinmetall anti-aircraft guns 2 × 12.7 mm anti-aircraft guns 6 × Penguin SSMs (usually not mounted) 1 × 8-cell Raytheon RIM-7M Sea Sparrow Mk 29 SAM system 6 × Kongsberg Terne ASW rocket-thrown depth charges 2 × triple 324 mm (12.8 in) Mark 32 torpedo tubes (Sting Ray torpedoes)

HNoMS Trondheim (pennant number F302) was an Oslo-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy.

Service history

On 17 March 2006 at 20:10 CET, Trondheim ran aground off Lines island in Sør-Trøndelag. No injuries among the 121-man crew were reported. The incident was reported from the ship itself, and at 20:30 it came loose again. Water flooded two compartments (paint storage and forward pump room) of the ship. The compartments were sealed and three ships were sent to assist the frigate.^[1] The frigate was towed to port in Bergen by the coast guard vessel KV Tromsø.^[2]

HNoMS Trondheim was used after decommissioning as a target ship. On 5 June 2013, she was severely damaged in a test of the Norwegian-designed Naval Strike Missile system off the coast of the island Andøya.^[3]

References

1. Johnsen, Christer S.; Simenstad, R.H. (17 March 2006). "KNM Trondheim tar inn vann" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisen,. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
2. Forsvarsnett, Godt redningsarbeid (Norwegian) Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
3. Robson, Steve (6 June 2013). "Caught on camera: The explosive moment Norwegian navy blew up its OWN ship to test new long-range missile". Daily Mail. Retrieved 5 January 2015.