HNoMS Tyr (N50)
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| History | |
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| Name | HNoMS Tyr |
| Namesake | Norse god Týr |
| Builder | Voldnes Skipsverft, Ålesund |
| Commissioned | 7 March 1995 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 735 tons full load |
| Length | 42.5 metres (139.4 ft) |
| Beam | 10 metres (32.8 ft) |
| Draught | 6.5 metres (21.3 ft) |
| Propulsion | Two x Deutch BA 12M816 |
| Speed | 12 knots (22.2 km/h) |
| Complement | 20 |
| Armament | M2HB MG |
| Notes | Pennant number N50 |
HNoMS Tyr is a mine control vessel used for underwater search and recovery by the Royal Norwegian Navy.
History
Tyr was built at Voldnes Skipsverft in 1981 and was used as an offshore standby-ship in the North Sea under the name M/S Sandby Master. The Royal Norwegian Navy took her over in 1993, and Tyr went through a comprehensive rebuilding and modernization program between 1994 and February, 1995 at the Mjellem & Karlsen shipyard in Bergen. Under the rebuilding Tyr was equipped with new thrusters, the bridge was expanded and a mine hangar was built on the aft-deck, and new hydraulic equipment was installed on the work-deck. Tyr was fitted with tactical systems, and was equipped with an Scorpio 21 ROV. The furnishings were also modernized.
Wreck discovery and recovery
HNoMS Tyr has discovered and/or recovered several wrecks:
- Localization and filming of the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst in cooperation with NRK.[1]
- Localization and filming of the German U-boat U-864, sunk west of Fedje in 1945.[2]
- Localization and filming of the German U-boat U-735, sunk near Horten in the Second World War.[1]
- Localization and filming of the Polish troop-transport ship Chrobry, sunk in the Vestfjorden in 1940.[1]
- Localization and filming of the Norwegian costal express ship D/S Prinsesse Ragnhild, sunk off Bodø on 23 October, 1940.[3]
- Localization and filming of the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Hunter sunk on 10 April, 1940 during the Battles of Narvik[4]
- Localization of the German transport ship Palatia, sunk in the Second World War. This is the second largest ship accident in Norwegian history.[1]
- Relocalization of the Norwegian U-boat HNoMS Uredd, sunk on 24 February, 1943 after hitting a German minefield.[1]
- Localization and recovery of a Norwegian F-16, that crashed in Bindalsfjorden, Mai, 1997.[1]
- Localization and recovery of a Norwegian F-16, that crashed in the sea outside Landegode, Bodø.[5]
- Search localization of assumed deceased, after the Sleipner disaster.[1]
- Search and recovery of both helicopter and the deceased after a helicopter crashed in the Førdefjorden in October 1996.[1]
See also
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Official Norwegian Defence Force website: Over 5,000 graves found Template:No icon
- ^ Bt.no: Article on the U-864 and her cargo of mercury Template:No icon
- ^ Warsailors.com: D/S Prinsesse Ragnhild
- ^ Sunken WW2 warship found in fjord BBC News
- ^ Dagbladet newspaper: Article on the find of a coral reef during the recovery of the Landegode F-16
Images
External links
- Royal Norwegian Navy website on the ship Template:No icon
- HNoMS Tyr has found HMS Hunter, Official Royal Norwegian Navy website Template:No icon
- Video from HNoMS Tyr Template:No icon
- Another video from HNoMS Tyr Template:No icon