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FRIDTJOF NANSEN patrol vessel (1931)


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Fridtjof Nansen 1931

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Fridtjof Nansen     Carljohansværns Værft, Horten 1928 5.11.1930 6/1931 wrecked 8.11.1940


Technical data


Displacement standard, t1275
Displacement full, t1545
Length, m73.0 pp
Breadth, m10.6
Draught, m5.00
No of shafts2
Machinery

2 VTE, 2 boilers

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

coal 150 + oil 95

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

2 x 1 - 102/37 Bofors, 2 x 1 - 47/46 Bofors, 1 seaplane

Complement67


Standard scale images


<i>Fridtjof Nansen</i> 1940
Fridtjof Nansen 1940


Graphics


<i>Fridtjof Nansen</i> 1931
Fridtjof Nansen 1931


Project history

Largest and having the greatest battle value fishery protection ship, with characteristics very close to Danish Hvidbjornen and Ingolf.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Fridtjof Nansen ran on rocks at Jan-Majen island 8.11.1940.