HNoMS Vidar (N52)

Lithuanian Naval Force ship N42 Jotvingis (2006)
History
Norway
Name: Vidar (N52)
Namesake: Víðarr
Builder: Mjellem & Karlsen Verft, Bergen
Launched: 1977
Fate: Sold to Lithuania, 2006
Lithuania
Name: Jotvingis (N42)
Acquired: by purchase, 2006
Status: In active service as of 2012
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Vidar-class coastal minelayer / command and support ship
Displacement: 1,673 long tons (1,700 t) full load
Length: 64.8 m (213 ft)
Beam: 12 m (39 ft)
Draught: 4 m (13 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 2 marine diesel engines
  • 2 shafts
  • 4,200 hp (3,100 kW)
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement: 60
Armament:

HNoMS Vidar (N52) was a Royal Norwegian Navy minelayer and command vessel. Vidar was built by Mjellem & Karlsen in Bergen in 1977, and named after Odin's son Vidar from Norse mythology. The vessel was the command ship for NATO's "Mine Counter Measures Force North" (MCMFORNORTH) in 2004 and 2005. In 2006 she was sold to Lithuania and given the name Jotvingis. The Lithuanian Navy uses her as a command and support ship.

Her sister ship HNoMS Vale was sold to Latvia in 2003.

References

  1. ↑ "World Navies Today: Norway". hazegray.org. 2005. Retrieved 4 February 2012.


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