Norwegian Coast Guard

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The Norwegian Coast Guard’s new vessel KV “Jan Mayen” has been on a test trip in Borgundfjorden.

KV Jan Mayen is being tested and prepared for operation. PHOTO: HANNA RELLING BERG, smp.no
From smp.no today:

There is a lot of testing and training going on on board, we are getting ready to become operational," says ship manager Odvin Nilsen from Fosnavåg.
KV Jan Mayen is the first of three vessels to replace the three vessels in the Nordkapp class. These three ships were built around 1980 and have reached the age of over 40 years.

KV Bjørnøya and KV Hopen are the two other ships in the Jan Mayen class.
These are delivered from Vard Langsten in Tomrefjord. Nilsen from Fosnavåg says that the new ships are considerably larger. “Jan Mayen” is 136 metres long and 22 metres wide.
“In terms of tonnage, they are three times as large as the Nordkapp class. Like the previous ones, the new ones can accommodate helicopters, but there is much greater capacity, and everything is generally much better facilitated. We will have oil spill preparedness, a certain towing capacity and better facilities to lead major operations, both military and search and rescue,” says the ship’s commander. A normal crew will consist of around 55 people. With a helicopter on board, you can add about 10 people.

Now KV Jan Mayen will test a few more days in the fjords of Northwestern Norway, before they will move along the coast. Some military equipment will be on board, and during the autumn Odvin Nilsen expects the ship to be one hundred percent operational.
They will primarily sail in the Barents Sea, from Lofoten to the north of Svalbard.

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Nice ship

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K/V Jan Mayen is now in active service in waters off Northern Norway.
Seen here leaving Tromsø yesterday:

Photo: Asimut via NSF
PS> Wonder about why that Chinaman is peeping over the hill in the background?

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The first of the Nordkapp Class has been decommissioned after 41 years of service:

KV “Andenes” on its way through Gimsøystraumen. Photo: Frode Adolfsen

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KV Andenes has been on assignment for the Coast Guard for 41 years. The vessel is now being retired. New vessels in the Jan Mayen class now take over the role that the so-called Nordkapp class has had for over 40 years. At the same time that the Nordkapp class is now being phased out, the new vessels are being fully phased into the Coast Guard’s structure.

The first video of the Coast Guard’s new pride on a test cruise: https://www.kystens.no/news/2-1-1518441

With new equipment on the way in, the Coast Guard is well prepared for new decades of service along the coast and in Norwegian sea areas, writes the Coast Guard in a press release.

KV Andenes’ last crew lined up with Bodø in the background. Photo: Coast Guard

KV Andenes was built at Haugesund Mekaniske Verksted and handed over to the Norwegian Navy in January 1982 and put into operation after its christening on 29 January of the same year.

The vessel is one of the vessels in the Norwegian Navy with the most missions outside the Norwegian economic zone. KV Andenes has, among other things, been to Antarctica and participated in the Gulf War.

KV Andenes will henceforth sail on the seven seas as a civilian ship
The Coast Guard
Source: https://www.kystens.no/nyheter/kv-andenes-pensjoneres-se-hvem-som-overtar/2-1-1529113

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