NoCGV Ålesund
NoCGV Ålesund was a purpose-built, leased, offshore patrol vessel for the Norwegian Coast Guard of the Royal Norwegian Navy.
 NoCGV Ålesund in Bergen | |
| History | |
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 Norway | |
| Name: | NoCGV Ålesund |
| Namesake: | Ålesund |
| Builder: | Myklebust Mekaniske Verksted, Gurskebotn |
| Commissioned: | 1996 |
| Identification: |
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| Status: | Out of service |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Type: | Offshore patrol vessel |
| Displacement: | 1350 tons |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | 11.50 m (37 ft 9 in) |
| Draught: | 4.67 m (15 ft 4 in) |
| Installed power: | Wärtsilä Wichmann 8V28B, 3,600 hp (2,700 kW) |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement: | 23 (5 officers, 15 other ranks and 3 civilians) |
| Armament: | 40 mm/L70 Bofors cannon and 12,7 mm machine guns |
In November 1995, the Norwegian Coast Guard ordered two purpose-built chartered Fishery Protection Vessels, the NoCGV Tromsø, a 2,100 ton Polish-built vessel chartered from Tromsø Dampskibsselskab, and Ålesund, a 1,350 ton vessel chartered from Remøy Shipping. Ålesund entered service in April 1996.[2]
Ålesund is named after the city Ålesund in Western Norway. She is a 1,350 ton vessel,and was armed with a Bofors 40 mm gun and Colt 12,7mm heavy machine guns. Ålesund was used for general EEZ patrol, including fishery inspection and search and rescue. She was based at the naval base Haakonsvern in Bergen. Her crew contained 10 officers and 12 conscripts.
She is currently disarmed and laid up in Herøy by owners. No plans for future use is known.
References
- "Alesund (9139763)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
- Baker 1998, p. 567.
- Baker, A.D. (1998). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1998–1999. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-111-4.
