NoCGV Harstad
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NoCGV Harstad is a purpose-built offshore patrol vessel for the Norwegian Coast Guard. She is named after the city Harstad in Northern Norway.
Harstad was built as a multipurpose vessel, but optimised for emergency towing of large oil tankers (up to 200,000 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)), oil spill clean-up and fire fighting. The most common duty will be fishery inspection and search and rescue in Norway's large exclusive economic zone. The steadily increasing traffic of large oil tankers along the Norwegian coast explains the need for this type of vessel.
[edit] Characteristics
- Displacement: 3,121 tons
- Length: 83 m
- Beam: 15.5 m
- Max speed: 18.4 kn
- Crew: 26
- Engines: Two Rolls-Royce Marine diesel engines, 4000kW each
- Propellers: Two; one azimuth thruster, 883kW
- Crane: 15m/5 tons
- Modified to support the Nato Submarine Rescue System
- Armament: Bofors 40mm gun
- In service from January 2005
