Nordkapp-class patrol vessel

The Nordkapp class carried one helicopter at launch, the Westland Lynx, but was decommissioned in 2014. The ships are capable of ice browsing. Due to the fact that these vessels may serve as wartime naval escorts they have provisions to carry additional weapons and sensors, such as anti-ship missiles and torpedoes. ==Namesake==

The Nordkapp-class is named after North Cape, in Norwegian: Nordkapp, which is also the name of one of the vessels of the class. A fisheries protection vessel named served the Royal Norwegian Navy from 1937 to 1954, including distinguished World War II service. ==History==

NoCGV Andenes patrolled the Persian Gulf during the Gulf War in 1991 as part of the Coalition forces. In 1994, the ship was involved in an altercation with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's ship Whales Forever, leading to a collision and damage to both ships. The Nordkapp-class vessels are to be replaced from 2022 by the new, and larger, Jan-Mayen class patrol vessels currently under construction. NoCGV Senja was decommissioned in November 2021 followed by Andenes in October 2023. NoCGV Nordkapp was transferred to the Navy's mine warfare branch in November 2022, and changed her prefix to HNoMS. In 2023 she operated as the flagship in Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1. ==Ships==

The class consists of three vessels: • (W320) - transferred to the navy as HNoMS Nordkapp (A531) on 1 November 2022. Mine countermeasures command role; served as the flagship of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 in 2023. • (W321) - Decommissioned November 2021 • (W322) - Decommissioned October 2023 ==References==