KV Harstad is a purpose-built offshore patrol vessel for the Norwegian Coast Guard. She is named after the city Harstad in Northern Norway.
Harstad was built as multipurpose-vessel, but optimised for emergency towing of large oil tankers (up to 200 000dwt), oil spill clean-up and fire fighting. The most common duty will be fishery inspection and search and rescue in Norways large exclusive economic zone. The steadily increasing traffic of large oil tankers along the Norwegian coast explains the need for this type of vessel.
Data:
- Displacement: 3121 ton
- Length: 83m
- Beam: 15.5m
- Max speed: 18.4kn
- Crew: 26
- Engines: Two Rolls-Royce Marine, 4000Kw each
- Propellers: Two; one swing up thruster 883Kw
- Crane: 15m/5 ton
- Built to operate the Nato Submarine Rescue System
- Gun: Bofors 40mm
- In service from January 2005
Sources: Norwegian Armed Forces and Rolls-Royce (designer of the ship).
External links
- Rolls-Royce article about KV Harstad
- Article from Offshore Shipping Online
- Armed Forces: KV Harstad fire fighting; Norwegian)
- Article from the Norwegian Armed Forces with specifications (in Norwegian)
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