Skjold-class corvette

	P965 KNM Gnist
Class overview
Name	Skjold class
Builders	Umoe Mandal, Mandal, Norway
Operators	Royal Norwegian Navy
Preceded by	Hauk class
In commission	1999–present
Planned	6
Active	6
General characteristics
Type	Coastal corvette
Displacement	274 tonnes full load
Length	47.50 m (155.8 ft); 44.3 m (145 ft) (Length on cushion);
Beam	13.5 m (44 ft)
Draught	1.0 m (3.3 ft)
Propulsion	Renk COGAG; 2 × Pratt & Whitney ST18M plus; 2 × Pratt & Whitney ST40M gas turbines; →12,170 kilowatts;
Speed	In sea state 3: 45 knots (83 km/h); In sea state 5: >25 knots (46 km/h); In calm sea: >55 knots (102 km/h) ;
Range	800 nmi (1,500 km) at 40 knots (74 km/h)
Complement	15–16
Sensors and ; processing systems	Thales MRR-3D-NG air/surface radar; Terma Scanter 6000 ; Saab Ceros 200 FC; CS-3701 electronic warfare suite; Sagem Vigy 20 electro-optical sensor;
Armament	8 × Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile SSMs, kept in an internal weapons bay; 1 × 76mm Otobreda Super Rapid multi-role cannon; 2 × 12.7mm Browning M2HB HMGs; Portable SIMBAD version Mistral SAMs; Protector (RWS) (Sea Protector);
Notes	Soft kill: TKWA/MASS; Other: Link 11 and Link 16;

Skjold-class corvettes (skjold means "shield" in Norwegian) are a class of six light, superfast, stealth missile corvettes in service with the Royal Norwegian Navy. The boats were formerly classed as MTBs (motor torpedo boats) but, from 2009, the Royal Norwegian Navy has described them as corvettes (korvett) because their seaworthiness is seen as comparable to corvettes, and because they do not carry torpedoes. They were built at the Umoe Mandal yard. With a maximum speed of 55 knots (102 km/h), the Skjold-class corvettes were the fastest combat ships afloat at the time of their introduction., as of 2023 beaten by the Abu Dhabi MAR WP-18 Interceptor.

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