HNoMS Trondheim (F302)
Norwegian naval frigate (1966–2006)
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HNoMS Trondheim (pennant number F302) was an Oslo-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy.
Trondheim entering Port Everglades, Florida, in 1993. | |
| History | |
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| Name | Trondheim |
| Ordered | 1960 |
| Launched | 4 September 1964 |
| Commissioned | 2 June 1966 |
| Decommissioned | June 2006 |
| Out of service | September 2025 |
| Identification | F302 |
| Fate | Used as target ship in September 2025 and sunk. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Oslo-class frigate |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 96.6 m (316 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion | Twin steam boilers, one high pressure and one low pressure steam turbine, 20,000 hp (14,914 kW) |
| Speed | 25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h) |
| Range | 4,500 nautical miles at 15 knots (8,300 km at 28 km/h) |
| Complement | 120 (129 max) officers and men |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 4 × Mark 36 SRBOC chaff launchers ESM: AR 700 suite |
| Armament |
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Service history
On 17 March 2006 at 20:10 CET, Trondheim ran aground off Lines island in Sør-Trøndelag. No injuries among the 121-man crew were reported. The incident was reported from the ship itself, and at 20:30 it came loose again. Water flooded two compartments (paint storage and forward pump room) of the ship. The compartments were sealed and three ships were sent to assist the frigate.[1] The frigate was towed to port in Bergen by the coast guard vessel NoCGV Tromsø.[2]
HNoMS Trondheim was used after decommissioning as a target ship for the testing of Norway's Naval Strike Missile, and was hit on 6 June 2013.[3]
In September 2025, she was used as a target ship during naval exercise Exercise Ægir 25 and was struck by Naval Strike Missiles launched by HMS Somerset and HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl and was sunk by a torpedo fired from the Ula-class submarine HNoMS Uthaug in Andfjorden.[4][5]
