| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators: | Royal Norwegian Navy |
| Built: | 1963–1965 |
| In commission: | 1965–1992 |
| Planned: | 5 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Scrapped: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 600 tonnes (591 long tons) standard 780 tonnes (768 long tons) full load |
| Length: | 69 m (226 ft 5 in) |
| Beam: | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Draught: | 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × MTU diesels totalling 9,000 bhp (6,711 kW) |
| Speed: | 21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h) |
| Complement: | 92 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
SQS36 air search radar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
2 × Mark 36 SRBOC chaff/decoy launchers |
| Armament: | • 1 × 76 mm (3 in) Bofors TAK 76 gun • 1 × 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun • 1 × Kongsberg Terne III MK 8 6-tube rocket-thrown depth charge launcher • 6 × 324 mm (12.76 in) Mk.32 Sting Ray torpedo tubes in triple mountings |
The Sleipner-class corvette was a part of the Royal Norwegian Navy's 1960 fleet plan. It was intended to build five ships of the class, but because of economic problems only two were built; Sleipner and Æger.
Sleipner was built by Nylands Mekaniske Verksted, Oslo, and Æger by Aker Mekaniske Verksted, Oslo, and handed over to the Royal Norwegian Navy between 1965–1967. Both ships went through a modernization program in 1988, the ships were then used as cadet training ships. They were decommissioned in 1992.
| # | Name | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F 311 | KNM Sleipner | 1963 | 1963 | 1965 | 1992 |
| F 310 | KNM Æger | 1964 | 1965 | 1967 | 1992 |