HNoMS Horten (A530)
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 Norway
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| Name: | Horten |
| Namesake: | Port town of Horten |
| Builder: | The Royal Norwegian Navy's shipyard at Horten |
| Laid down: | 28 January 1977 |
| Launched: | 12 August 1977 |
| Commissioned: | 9 June 1978 |
| Decommissioned: | 11 June 2008 |
| Fate: | Sold |
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| Displacement: | 2,535 tons full load |
| Length: | 87.4 m (286.75 ft) |
| Beam: | 13.0 m (42.65 ft) |
| Draft: | 4.86 m (15.94 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Two 4,200 HP diesel engines |
| Speed: | 16 knots (29.63 km/h) |
| Complement: | 86 men |
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| Notes: | IMO 6127047 |
HNoMS Horten (A530) was a Norwegian support vessel built at Karljohansvern in Horten, the city from which the ship was named, in 1977. She was in service with the Royal Norwegian Navy until her retirement in 2008 and filled a number of roles while in service.
After being sold in 2012, the Horten is currently (2014) employed as a Fishery Patrol vessel in Nigeria, supporting the fleet of fast patrol boats sold along with her.
Horten was originally designed as a support craft for submarines and fast attack craft. After a change in the design which shortened the vessel and gave her smaller torpedo stores than originally intended, this role was reduced. Rather than supplying smaller ships with ordnance, Horten functioned primarily as support craft with regards to food, fuel and water – in some cases, the on-board facilities were also made available to crews visiting from smaller ships. Horten was known as a spacious vessel – privates had four-man cabins, leading privates had two-man cabins and some petty officers had single cabins. Commissioned officers had cabins of a high standard and the captain a large, separate cabin with top facilities. There were also guest quarters for high-ranking officers on the same deck as the captain's quarters. The officers also had a separate mess hall with a bar. During naval exercises (e.g. Joint Winter and Blue Game) in the early 2000s (decade), the ship functioned as command vessel for NATO officers responsible for overseeing the exercise. At the time, the reason was partly said to be the ship's facilities.
In 1985, the ship served as royal yacht for king Olav V whilst the royal yacht HNoMY Norge was repaired after a fire in the winter that year. Part of the reason for this choice was the ship's excellent facilities (see above).
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