NoCGV Barentshav

Career (Norway)
Name: NoCGV Barentshav
Namesake: Barents Sea
Ordered: 21 October 2005
Acquired: August 2009
Status: in active service, as of 2012
General characteristics
Class and type:Barentshav-class offshore patrol vessel
Displacement:3,200 long tons (3,251 t)
Length:93 m (305 ft)
Beam:16.6 m (54 ft)
Draught:5.8 m (19 ft)
Propulsion:Hybrid diesel-LNG engines
Speed:20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement:16
Armament:1 × Bofors 40 mm gun
Notes:Bollard pull: 110 tons

The NoCGV Barentshav is a large offshore patrol vessel of the Norwegian Coast Guard, and is their first liquefied natural gas powered vessel. The contract was signed 21 October 2005, and NoCGV Barentshav was delivered in August 2009.

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