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KNM Skjold P960 M/2006
DESIGNED IN: Norway BUILDING SITE: Umoe Mandal A/S, Kværner, Mandal Norway LAUNCHED: 22 September 1998 HOIST COMMAND: 17 April 1999
ARMAMENT Missiletorpedoboat 1x 76/62SR OTA melara super rapid gun 2x Browning 12.7mm heavy mcahineguns 8x Kongsberg Defence Systems Naval Strike Missile (NSM) & JSM Mistral Anti Air missile 2x 12.7mm Kongsberg Sea Protector RWS Rheinmetall TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) Decoy launcher
Systems Thales MRR-3D-NG air/surface radar Saab Ceros 200 fire control radar CS-3701 electronic warfare suite Sagem Vigy 20 electro-optical sensor
TECHNICAL DATA Displacement: 270 ton fully loaded Hull: Fiberglass Length: 47.0m Width: 13.5m Depth: 1.0-2.5m empty and loaded Crew: 15-16 men
MACHINERY 2x P&W gasturbines Power: 2.000 KW
2x P&W gasturbines Power: 4.000 KW
Speed: 60 knots (111.12 Km/h), This is the speed we are given by the Norwegian Navy, exact speed is yet unknown, it is classified!
The skjold class consists of 6 large, superfast, stealth missiletorpedoboat/corvettes. the development of these started with the Project SMP 6081, and the first verison was ordered on the 30 august 1996, where the first ship of the class, the P960 KNM Skjold, was launched 22 september 1998 and hoist command ca 7 months after the next year, 17 april 1999. it was later reccomended building an additional 5 vessels, and this was appoved in 2002. six vessels of the Skjold-class replaced the 14 aging Hauk class missiletorpedoboats
The construction of the ships is very unconventional for naval vessels, as it is shaped roughly like a catamaran hull, where flexible skirts are mounted between the hulls. here, air is pumped in, which ensures that the vessel will get an excess pressure, so that the ships will rise more than the buoyancy would indicate. there is then less resistance, and the vessel goes faster and lighter, also increased resistance to mines and better stability, in contrast to the size of the ships
in order to preserve the stealth capabilities of the ships, RAM - Radar Absorbent Materals have been mounted on large parts of the ships. doing it this way saved a lot of weight.
KNM Skjold P960 M/2006
DESIGNED IN: Norway BUILDING SITE: Umoe Mandal A/S, Kværner, Mandal Norway LAUNCHED: 22 September 1998 HOIST COMMAND: 17 April 1999
ARMAMENT Missiletorpedoboat 1x 76/62SR OTA melara super rapid gun 2x Browning 12.7mm heavy mcahineguns 8x Kongsberg Defence Systems Naval Strike Missile (NSM) & JSM Mistral Anti Air missile 2x 12.7mm Kongsberg Sea Protector RWS Rheinmetall TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) Decoy launcher
Systems Thales MRR-3D-NG air/surface radar Saab Ceros 200 fire control radar CS-3701 electronic warfare suite Sagem Vigy 20 electro-optical sensor
TECHNICAL DATA Displacement: 270 ton fully loaded Hull: Fiberglass Length: 47.0m Width: 13.5m Depth: 1.0-2.5m empty and loaded Crew: 15-16 men
MACHINERY 2x P&W gasturbines Power: 2.000 KW
2x P&W gasturbines Power: 4.000 KW
Speed: 60 knots (111.12 Km/h), This is the speed we are given by the Norwegian Navy, exact speed is yet unknown, it is classified!
The skjold class consists of 6 large, superfast, stealth missiletorpedoboat/corvettes. the development of these started with the Project SMP 6081, and the first verison was ordered on the 30 august 1996, where the first ship of the class, the P960 KNM Skjold, was launched 22 september 1998 and hoist command ca 7 months after the next year, 17 april 1999. it was later reccomended building an additional 5 vessels, and this was appoved in 2002. six vessels of the Skjold-class replaced the 14 aging Hauk class missiletorpedoboats
The construction of the ships is very unconventional for naval vessels, as it is shaped roughly like a catamaran hull, where flexible skirts are mounted between the hulls. here, air is pumped in, which ensures that the vessel will get an excess pressure, so that the ships will rise more than the buoyancy would indicate. there is then less resistance, and the vessel goes faster and lighter, also increased resistance to mines and better stability, in contrast to the size of the ships
in order to preserve the stealth capabilities of the ships, RAM - Radar Absorbent Materals have been mounted on large parts of the ships. doing it this way saved a lot of weight.