Snøgg class patrol boat

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Career

Ordered:	?
Laid down:	?
Launched:	1970 and 1971
Commissioned:	?
General characteristics
Length	36,5 m (120 ft)
Beam	6 m (20 ft)
Draft
Displacement	138 tons
Propulsion	2 Maybach diesel engines (7200HP total)
Complement	19 men
Armament	4 Penguin ship to ship missiles Four wire guided torpedoes One 40 mm AA gun
Speed	Over 30 knots (+55 km/h)
Sensors	?

The Snøgg class was a Royal Norwegian Navy class of fast patrol boats (FPB). It might also be classified as a torpedo boat or a missile boat. In Norway this type of vessel is called a missile torpedo boat (missiltorpedobåt) or MTB. Six vessels were built during 1970 and 1971 to replace the ageing Rapp class. Designed by Lieutenant-commander (later Captain) Harald Henriksen as a development of the Storm-class. None of the vessels are left in Norwegian service today, they have been succeeded by the Hauk and Skjold class. The class was named after its lead vessel, Snøgg, which is a Norwegian word meaning "fast". All of the subsequent names are synonyms of "fast".

[edit] Vessels

Listed here in order of delivery with their pennant numbers in RNoN service:

HNoMS Snøgg (P980) (1970-1994)
HNoMS Rapp (P981)
HNoMS Snar (P982)
HNoMS Rask (P983)
HNoMS Kvikk (P984) (1970-1995)
HNoMS Kjapp (P985)

Note: The Norwegian prefix for RNoN vessels is KNM.

[edit] Sources

Information folder from Forsvarets rekrutterings- og mediesenter (Norwegian defence recruitment and media center) 1991/92
Royal Norwegian Navy history web page