NoCGV Harstad
NoCGV Harstad moored in Harstad | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Norway | |
| Name | NoCGV Harstad |
| Namesake | The town of Harstad |
| Builder | Søviknes yard |
| Commissioned | January 2005 |
| In service | 2009 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Offshore Patrol Vessel |
| Type | Patrol and Oil recovery vessel |
| Displacement | 3,121 long tons (3,171 t) |
| Length | 270 ft (82 m) |
| Beam | 51 ft (16 m) |
| Depth | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 18.4 knots (34.1 km/h; 21.2 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × MOB boats type NORSAFE |
| Complement | 26 |
| Armament | 40 mm Bofors |
| Notes |
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NoCGV 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 a multipurpose vessel, but optimised for emergency towing of large oil tankers (up to 200,000 tonnes deadweight (DWT), oil spill clean-up and fire fighting. The most common duty will be fishery inspection and search and rescue in Norway's large exclusive economic zone.
Harstad is equipped for the NATO Submarine Rescue System.