This article is a list of Royal Norwegian Navy fleet units and vessels, both past and present.
Ships from the years 1509 to 1814 might be listed under Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy.
Fleet units and vessels (present)
Frigates
Mo, Sverre; Norske marinefartøy; Bodoni Forlag; Bergen; 2008 Norwegian Defence Force official website: Første seilas med F311 Norwegian Defence Force official website: Tredje fregatt på norske hender Norwegian Defence Force official websites notes last of class commissioned January 2011:
Support vessels (former landing vessel) (former landing vessel)
Royal yacht (A553) (formerly Philante, a private yacht of British ownership; escort vessel during WWII) K/B Stjernen royal boat.
Minesweepers
(1994) Oksøy M340 Karmøy M341 Måløy M342 Hinnøy M343 (1996) Alta M350 Otra M351 Rauma M352 Orkla M353 (Ship sunk due to fire on 19 November 2002) Glomma M354 Mine Clearance Command (divers)
Submarine branch
The submarine fleet consists of several s.
1st Submarine Squadron (Diesel-electric Ula-class submarines): Ula Utsira Utstein Utvær Uthaug Uredd
MTB branch
The Coastal Warfare fleet consists of six missile patrol boats. The boat type is often branded a corvette.
Missile Torpedo Boat Command Missile Patrol Boat (Skjold class): Skjold (P960) Storm (P961) Skudd (P962) Steil (P963) Glimt (P964) Gnist (P965) Support vessel:
Naval Ranger branch
Norwegian Naval Special Operations Commando (Naval Ranger Command) Coastal Ranger Command Norwegian Mine Diver Command Tactical Boat Squadron Combat Boat 90 (1996) Trondenes Skrolsvik Kråkenes Stangnes Kjøkøy Mørvika Kopås Tangen Oddane Malmøya Hysnes Brettingen Løkhaug Søviknes Hellen Osternes Fjell Lerøy Torås Møvik
Logistics branch HNoMS Maud
Coast Guard units and vessels
Coast Guard Squadron North
Coast Guard Squadron South
Future vessels Six vessels of the ordered Three hybrid diesel-LNG vessels, two to be named and Sortland and one unnamed ordered
Naval schools
Royal Norwegian Naval Basic Training Establishment, HNoMS Harald Haarfagre, Stavanger Royal Norwegian Navy Officer Candidate School, Horten Royal Norwegian Naval Academy, Laksevåg, Bergen Royal Norwegian Naval Training Establishment, HNoMS Tordenskjold, Haakonsvern, Bergen
Navy vessels (past) Several earlier ships are listed under Denmark.
Amphibious landing vessels
Kvalsund (1968–1991) Raftsund
Reinøysund Still in use or in reserve? Rotsund Still in use or in reserve? Borgsund Sørøysund (L4503) (Later rebuilt to Tjeldsund class) Maursund (L4504) (Later rebuilt to Tjeldsund class)
Tjeldsund (L4506)
Armed auxiliaries
Alpha (1904–1940?) patrol boat Alversund (1926–1940) patrol boat, sunk by own crew. Andenes (?–1940?) patrol boat Aud I (?–1940?) patrol boat Bergholm used as MCM vessel and Shetland Bus. Beta (1900–1940?) patrol boat Bjerk (1912–?) patrol boat Blink (1896–1940?) patrol boat Blåsel patrol boat Bodø Sunk by a mine in 1943 Commonwealth (1912–1940?) patrol boat Honningsvåg, naval trawler, originally the German trawler Malangen, captured by Norwegian forces at Honningsvåg 13 April 1940 Pol III, armed whaler; engaged German Kampfgruppe 5 on 8 April 1940, its captain, Leif Welding-Olsen, became the first Norwegian uniformed casualty of WWII , patrol boat
Brigs (1807/1825–1825) (1808/1814–1837) (1817–1854) (1814–1821) (1809/1814–1817) (1808/1814–1827) (1818–1847) (1805/1814–1882) (1808/1814–1820) (1808/1814–1817) Launched 1805. Captured from the Royal Navy off Lindesnes 19 June 1808. (1859–1900)
Coastal defence ships
(1897–1948) (1897–1948)
(1901–1940) – Sunk at Narvik on 9 April 1940. (1900–1940) – Sunk at Narvik on 9 April 1940.
(1912) – Seized by the Royal Navy and renamed , blew up in September 1918. (1912) – Seized by the Royal Navy and renamed .
Corvettes (1849–1866) (1882–1925) (1844–1858) (1864–1940/1945) (1855–1903) (1851–1903) (1829–1874) (1849–1866) – Six vessels received from the Royal Navy – ex- – ex- – ex- – ex-, sunk by on 18 November 1942. (1942–1944)- ex- – ex- Polarfront II – ex-, used as a weather ship. – One vessel received from the Royal Navy – ex-, was sunk by a mine near Båtsfjord, Norway on 12 December 1944. – Two vessels built. (1965–1992) (1967–1992)
Destroyers
(1910–1943) In Norwegian service until scrapped in 1944. (1912–1949) In German hands from 1940 to 1945, scrapped in 1949. (1914–1940) Sunk by Luftwaffe bombers on 26 April 1940 during the Norwegian campaign.
Six vessels made in Norway from 1936 to 1939. (1936–1959) In Norwegian service during the war. Rebuilt to frigate in 1948. (1938–1959) In German hands from 1940 to 1945. Rebuilt to frigate in 1948. (1936–1940) Sunk by German bombers on 9 April 1940, at the beginning of Operation Weserübung after first sinking the German supply ship Roda and shooting down two Luftwaffe bombers. (1939–1959) In German hands from 1940 to 1945. Rebuilt to frigate in 1948. (1946–1959) In German hands from 1940 to 1945. Rebuilt to frigate in 1948. (1946–1959) In German hands from 1940 to 1945. Rebuilt to frigate in 1948. S class Two vessels on loan from the Royal Navy (1944) ex- Torpedoed and sunk on D-Day, 6 June 1944) (1943–1959) ex-
Five vessels on loan from the Royal Navy. Lincoln (1942–1944) St Albans (1941–1944) Mansfield (1940–1942) Bath (1941) Newport (1941–1942) Four vessels bought from the UK in 1946 and 1947. (1947–1965) ex- ex- ex- ex- Type II Arendal ex- ex- ex- Type III Hunt class (1942–1961), Later renamed Narvik (1942–1943)
Frigates
(1828–1870) (1854–1920) (1860–1925) (1864–1932) Five vessels built. (1966–1994) Sank in 1994. (1967–2005) (1966–2006), used as target during missile test 2013 (1967–1998) (1966–2007) transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy Museum. Formerly of the Royal Canadian Navy (1956–1964) ex- (1956–1977) ex-, rebuilt in 1965 to serve as support vessel for torpedo boats under the name . (1956–1973) ex-, rebuilt in 1965 to serve as support vessel for submarines under the name HNoMS Horten.
Cutters Built at Trondhjems Skibsverft, Trondheim Capitaine Hans Peter Holm (1813/1814–1831) General von Krogh (1813/1814–1831) Captured from Sweden Gripen (1813/1814–1815)
Schooners Built at Georgernes Verft, Bergen Thor (1805–1810) Balder (1805–1810) Odin (1808/1814–1839) Valkyrjen (1808/1814–1839) Nornen (1810/1814–1839) Hother (1810/1814–1839) Thor (1811/1814–1839) Balder (1811/1814–1839) Built at Trondhjems Skibsverft, Trondheim Patrioten Georg (1808/1814–?) Trondhjem (1808/1814–?) Borgersamfundet (1808/1814–?) Axel Thorsen (1810/1814–1863) Skjøn Valborg (1810/1814–1863) "Bombgun schooners" Sleipner (1840–1866) Vale (1843–1866) Uller (1845–1877) Steam powered schooners Gyller (1848–1905) Gler (1850–1905) Alfen (1859–1903) Rerigged and rebuilt as corvette in 1877. Paddlesteam schooners Nordcap (1840–1870) Æger (1852–1891) Vidar (1855–1872)
Sloops Sloops, several of which were later rebuilt as 3.-class gunboats. Arendal launched between 1840 and 1845. Rebuilt 1875. Augvaldsnæs launched between 1840 and 1845. Bergen launched between 1840 and 1845. Bodøe launched between 1840 and 1845. Bragernæs launched between 1840 and 1845. Brevig launched between 1840 and 1845. Rebuilt 1875, then used as a minelayer. Christiansund launched between 1840 and 1845. Drøbak launched between 1840 and 1845. Rebuilt 1872 to a catamaran steam gunboat and renamed Trold. Egersund launched between 1840 and 1845. Farsund launched between 1840 and 1845. Flekkefjord launched between 1840 and 1845. Fredrikshald launched between 1840 and 1845. Hammerfest launched between 1840 and 1845. Holmestrand launched between 1840 and 1845. Horten launched between 1840 and 1845. Rebuilt 1875 and used as a minelayer. Høievarde launched between 1840 and 1845. Kaholmen launched between 1840 and 1845. Karmøe launched between 1840 and 1845. Rebuilt 1883 and used as a minelayer. Kongsberg launched between 1840 and 1845. Rebuilt 1875. Stricken 1905. Kristiansand aka. Christiansand launched between 1840 and 1845. Rebuilt 1875 and used as a minelayer. Langesund launched between 1840 and 1845. Rebuilt 1875. Stricken 1905. Larvik aka. Laurvig launched between 1840 and 1845. Rebuilt 1875. Levanger launched between 1840 and 1845. Lillesand launched between 1840 and 1845. Rebuilt 1875 and used as a minelayer. Lindesnæs launched between 1840 and 1845. Molde launched between 1840 and 1845. Moss launched between 1840 and 1845. Munkholmen launched between 1840 and 1845. Namsos launched between 1840 and 1845. Porsgrund launched between 1840 and 1845. Rebuilt 1875. Stricken 1905. Sarpsborg launched between 1840 and 1845. Rebuilt 1872 as a catamaran steam gunboat and renamed Trold. Stricken 1905. Skeen launched between 1840 and 1845. Rebuilt 1875. Stricken 1905. Skudenæs launched between 1840 and 1845. Rebuilt 1883. Stricken 1905. Soon launched between 1840 and 1845. Stat launched between 1840 and 1845. Strømsøe launched between 1840 and 1845. Rebuilt 1872 as a catamaran steam gunboat and renamed Nøk. Stricken 1903. Svelvigen launched between 1840 and 1845. Rebuilt 1872 as a steam gunboat and renamed Dverg. Stricken 1905. Sverresborg launched between 1840 and 1845. Tananger launched between 1840 and 1845. Tangen launched between 1840 and 1845. Tromsøe launched between 1840 and 1845. Trondhjem launched between 1840 and 1845. Tønsberg launched between 1840 and 1845. Rebuilt 1875. Stricken 1905. Udsire launched between 1840 and 1845. Vardøe launched between 1840 and 1845. Vardøhuus launched between 1840 and 1845. Aalesund launched between 1840 and 1845. Aaasgaardstrand launched between 1840 and 1845. Rebuilt 1875 and used as a minelayer.
Gunboats
Ellida (1882–1925) Sleipner (1878–1935) Viking (1892–1924) Frithjof (1895–1929)
Vale (1874–1947) Rebuilt to minelayer in 1911. Brage (1878–1946) Rebuilt to minelayer in 1912. Nor (1878–1949) Rebuilt to minelayer in 1912. Uller (1876–1940) Rebuilt to minelayer in 1911. Vidar (1882–1947) Rebuilt to minelayer in 1911.
Gor (1884–1945) Rebuilt to minelayer in 1913. Tyr (1887–1945) Rebuilt to minelayer in 1913. Æger (1894–1932)
Steam powered gunboats Rjukan (1861–1893) Sarpen (1861–1940) Lougen (1864–1903) Glommen (1864–1903)
Submarine chasers
Hessa (P358) Hitra (museum vessel) Vigra (P359) King Haakon VII (1942–1951) Former US submarine chaser HNoMS King Haakon VIIUSS PC-467.
Submarines Kobben (1909–1933) Renamed A-1 on 21 February 1913. The tower of Kobben is preserved at the Royal Navy Officers' Training School at Horten. A class Three vessels were bought in 1913, a fourth was ordered in 1914 (A-5) but was confiscated by the Imperial German Navy at the outbreak of World War I. A-2 (1914–1940) A-3 (1914–1940) A-4 (1914–1940) A-5 Confiscated by Germany, named UA in 1914 and never entered Norwegian service.
B class Six vessels of the US Holland type built on licence in Norway from 1922 to 1929. B-1 (1923–1947) Escaped to the Faeroe Islands 8 June 1940, later used as a training vessel in Scotland. B-2 (1924–1940) Captured by the Germans on 11 April. B-3 (1926–1940) Scuttled by own crew on 10 April to prevent German capture. B-4 (1927–1940) Captured by the Germans on 10 April. B-5 (1929–1940) Captured by the Germans on 11 April and renamed UC-1. B-6 (1930–1940) Surrendered to German troops on 18 April under threat of bombing of Florø city. Named UC −2 in German service. U class Uredd ex. HMS P41, (1941–1943) Ula ex. HMS Varne, (1943–1965), Given to Norway by the UK in 1943 V class Utstein, ex. HMS Venturer, sold to Norway in 1946. Uthaug, ex. HMS Votary, sold to Norway in 1946. Utvær, ex. HMS Viking, sold to Norway in 1946. Utsira, ex. HMS Variance K class Kya, ex-U-926 Kaura, ex-U-995 Kinn, ex-U-1202 Kobben class Fifteen vessels built from 1964 to 1967.