Exercising with HMS Lancaster in March 2021 |
| History |
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| Norway |
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| Name | Thor Heyerdahl |
| Namesake | Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl |
| Ordered | 23 June 2000 |
| Builder | Navantia, Ferrol |
| Laid down | 23 Nov 2007 |
| Launched | 11 February 2009 |
| Commissioned | 18 February 2011 |
| Identification |
| Status | Active |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics |
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| Class and type | Fridtjof Nansen-classfrigate |
| Displacement | 5,290 tons |
| Length | 134 m (439.63 ft) |
| Beam | 16.8 m (55.12 ft) |
| Draft | 7.6 m (24.93 ft) |
| Propulsion |
| Speed | 27 knots (50.00 km/h) |
| Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,334.00 km) |
| Complement | - 120 soldiers, accommodations for 146
- Lockheed MartinAN/SPY-1F 3-D multifunction radar
- Reutech RSR 210N air/sea surveillance radar
- Sagem Vigy 20 Electro Optical Director
- MRS 2000 hull cavalier sonar
- Captas MK II V1 active/passive towed sonar
- 2 × Mark 82 fire-control radar
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Electronic warfare
& decoys | Terma DL-12T decoy launcher, Loki torpedo countermeasure |
| Armament |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × NH90helicopter |