HNoMS Tyr (N50)

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For the WWII minelayer with the same name see: HNoMS Tyr (1887-1945)
Career Norwegian Navy Ensign
Name: HNoMS Tyr
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.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 Chroby, 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]

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Official Norwegian Defence Force website: Over 5,000 graves found (Norwegian)
  2. ^ Bt.no: Article on the U-864 and her cargo of mercury (Norwegian)
  3. ^ Warsailors.com: D/S Prinsesse Ragnhild
  4. ^ Sunken WW2 warship found in fjord BBC News
  5. ^ Dagbladet newspaper: Article on the find of a coral reef during the recovery of the Landegode F-16

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