The Sauda-class vessel Alta | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Sauda class |
Builders |
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Operators | Royal Norwegian Navy |
Preceded by | No preceding class, only HNoMS Rauma and HNoMS Otra |
Succeeded by | Oksøy-class mine hunter and Alta-class minesweeper |
Built | 1953-1955 |
In commission | 1953-1996 |
Completed | 10 |
Retired | 10 |
Preserved | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Adjutant-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 333 long tons (338 t) |
Length | 44 m (144 ft 4 in) |
Propulsion | 2 × General Motors 880 BHK |
Speed | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
Complement | 40 (8 - 10 officers and 30 men) |
Armament | 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm guns |
The Sauda class was a class of nine minesweepers and one minehunter in service for the Royal Norwegian Navy from 1953 to 1996. The class was designed at Sparkman & Stephens Inc., New York City, as an improvement of the NYMS class (Norwegian Yard Mine Sweepers). Five of the vessels were built in the United States, three were built at Westermoen Båtbyggeri og Mek Verksted in Mandal, one at Skaalurens Skibsbyggeri in Rosendal and one at De Forenede Båtbyggerier in Risør. The class was fully financed by the US government as a part of the Military Assistance Program (MAP).
Most of the vessels were named after Norwegian rivers:Sira, Tana, Alta, Ogna, Vosso, Glomma, Tista, Kvina and Utla. Sauda is however a town, not a river. Alta is the only vessel still in existence. She is a museum vessel owned by the Royal Norwegian Navy Museum but maintained and sailed by a dedicated friendship association. Some of the vessels were in service in the United States Navy and the Royal Belgian Navy before entering Norwegian service.
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