HNoMS Skjold P-960

Type:
Corvette
Class:
Skjold
Builder:
Kværner Mandal A/S
Mandal, Norway
Pennant Number:
P-960
Ordered:
August 30, 1996
Launched:
September 22, 1998
Keel Laid:
August 1997
Commissioned:


April 17, 1999
Fate:
Active in commission as of 2009.


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Propulsion:
CODOG
Length:
153' 4"

Turbines:

2 Rolls Royce-Allison 571-KF9 gas turbines
Beam:
44' 2"
Diesels:
2 MTU 6R183 TE92 aux. diesels
2 MTU 12V183 TE92 diesels (for lift fans)
Draft:
7" 3" (2' 7" on cushion)
Shafts:
None, equipped with 2 LaMeWa waterjets
Also equipped with lift fans
Displacement
Horsepower
Standard:
N/A
Turbines:
16,320
Full:
260
Diesels:
Aux diesels 1,000 / lift fan diesels 1,970
Total:
16,320
Crew
Speed
Officers:
4
Turbines:
55 knots (57.1 knots on trials)
Enlisted:
11
Diesels:
55 knots
Total:
15
Range:
14 days


Notes
Sept. 6, 2001:
Ship and crew were leased by the U. S. Navy until Sept. 5, 2002.


Class Overview
Builder's Data
Page published Apr. 18, 2009