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{{Short description|Norwegian offshore patrol vessel}}
{{for|the Norwegian troop and refugee transport ship of the same name|German night fighter direction vessel Togo}}
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 |name=''Svalbard''
 |namesake=[[Svalbard]]
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 |builder= Hull at [[Tangen Verft]], [[Kragerø (town)|Kragerø]] Outfitting at Langsten [[Tomrefjord]]
 |original_cost= *[[Norwegian krone|NOK]] 575 million<ref group="Note">Radar and helicopter not included.</ref>
                 * USD {{Format price|{{To USD|575000000|NOR}} }}
 |laid_down=9 August 2000
 |launched=17 February 2001
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 |commissioned=15 December 2001
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 |identification=*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: LBSV
                 *{{IMO number|8640387}}
                 *{{MMSI Number|259040000}}
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 |class=[[patrol boat|Offshore patrol vessel]]
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 |displacement=6,375 tonnes
 |length=*{{convert|340.2|ft|m|abbr=on}} (overall)<!-- could probably find a metric source as Norway does not use the imperial system... -->
         *{{convert|292|ft|m|abbr=on}} (waterline)
 |beam={{convert|62.6|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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 |draught={{convert|21.3|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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 |power=Four [[Bergen Engines|Bergen]] BRG-8 diesel generators {{nowrap|(4 × 3,390 kW)}}
 |propulsion=*[[Diesel-electric#Ships|Diesel-electric]]
             *Two [[ABB]] [[Azipod]] VI1500A units {{nowrap|(2 × 5 MW)}}<ref name="abb_reflist" />
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 |complement=50 (20 officers and 45 other ranks split into 3 shifts with 2 shifts on board at any one time)
 |sensors=TRS-3D with [[Identification friend or foe|IFF]]
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 |armament=*[[Bofors 57 mm L/70 naval artillery gun|57&nbsp;mm]] gun
           *12.7&nbsp;mm [[machine gun]]
           *Can carry 1 [[Mistral (missile)|Simbad surface-to-air missile system]]<ref name="Wertheim2007" />
 |aircraft=Capacity for two helicopters; one [[Westland Lynx]] carried initially, [[NHIndustries NH90]] from 2009
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'''NoCGV ''Svalbard''''' (W303) is a [[Norwegian Coast Guard]] [[icebreaker]] and [[offshore patrol vessel]] constructed by [[Langsten]] at [[Tangen Verft]] shipyard in [[Kragerø (town)|Kragerø]] and launched on 17 February 2001. She was named 15 December 2001 in [[Tomrefjord]] with Minister of Defence [[Kristin Krohn Devold]] as godmother, and delivered to the Coast Guard on 18 January 2002. She entered service in mid-2002 and is homeported in [[Sortland (town)|Sortland]]. Her primary operating area is in the Arctic waters north of [[Norway]], the [[Barents Sea]] and around the [[Svalbard]] islands.

''Svalbard'' is the second largest ship in Norway's military armed forces (by tonnage), designed to supplement the three other helicopter-carrying ships of the Norwegian Coast Guard - the {{sclass|Nordkapp|offshore patrol vessel|1}}s. She is [[NBC protection system|NBC-protected]] with constant overpressure, and is capable of icebreaking and emergency towing up to 100,000 tons. The Norwegian coastline is generally free of ice, thus ''Svalbard'' is the one of just two Norwegian icebreaking-capable vessel, the other being {{RV|Kronprins Haakon}}. A [[double acting ship]], ''Svalbard'' is designed to break ice both ahead and astern.

==Career==
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On 21 August 2019, ''Svalbard'' became the first Norwegian ship to reach the [[North Pole]].<ref name="BarentsObsv2019-08-21" />

In October 2020, ''Svalbard'' was deployed to the [[Bering Sea]] to retrieve scientific instruments belonging to the [[Coordinated Arctic Acoustic Thermometry Experiment]] (CAATEX) from the seabed, a task previously assigned to the [[United States Coast Guard]] icebreaker {{USCGC|Healy|WAGB-20|6}} that had been sidelined earlier that year following an onboard fire. The vessel sailed to the western hemisphere along a high-latitude route north of Svalbard and [[Franz Josef Land]], and outside of Russian territorial waters.<ref name="BarentsObsv2020-10-27" /> Despite the scientific mission, a number of Russian media outlets interpreted this voyage as an "intrusion" to the Russian Arctic by an "armed NATO warship".<ref name=BartensObsv2020-10-30/>

The 2023 defence acquisition plan indicated that the ship would receive necessary upgrades to permit her to continue in service.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Future Acquisitions For the Norwegian Defence Sector 2023–2030 |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/contentassets/595f6354301a4d7b9d63ef1c8e486482/faf-2023-2030-engelsk-versjon.pdf |access-date=2023-06-05 |publisher=Norwegian Defence Ministry}}</ref>

==Foreign analogs==
{{main|Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel}}
On 9 July 2007 [[Canadian Prime Minister]] [[Stephen Harper]] announced that [[Canada]] would build six to eight [[Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel|arctic offshore patrol ships]] (AOPS) for the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] (RCN), modeled after ''Svalbard''{{'}}s design.<ref name="Cbc20070709" /><ref name="Cbc20070513" /> The vessels' design was modified to meet the needs of the RCN. Some of the modifications include: increasing the ships' ice breaking capabilities, adding a larger and fully enclosed forecastle/cable deck for greater arctic protection, addition of a multipurpose operational space, updated command and control systems, an updated sensor suite, and an extended hangar for the larger Sikorsky [[CH-148 Cyclone]] helicopter.<ref name="RCN2015-01" /> The project was criticized for its high costs. For example, [[Irving Shipbuilding]] was awarded a CA$288 million design contract for the vessel while the design of ''Svalbard'' and similar patrol ships within other countries paid less than one-tenth as much.<ref name="250milMystery" /> The first ship in its class, {{HMCS|Harry DeWolf||2}}, was delivered to the RCN on 31 July 2020, with its commissioning anticipated in mid-2021 following the completion of post-acceptance sea trials.<ref name="GlobeAndMail2020-07-31" /><ref name="MaritimeEx2020-07-31" />

In 2015 [[Russia]] started constructing the first of several vessels in its [[Project 23550 patrol ship|Project 23550]].<ref name=GlobalSecurity23550/> Think tank [[Global Security]] pointed out these vessels are almost the same length, displacement, power and endurance as the ''Svalbard'' class.  They will also be able to travel through roughly the same depth of ice. The Russian vessels will be more heavily armed, with a {{convert|76|or|100|mm|abbr=on}} main cannon, an anti-missile gatling gun, and launchers for eight cruise missiles.

==Notes==

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==Citations==

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<ref name="GlobalSecurity23550">{{Cite web |title=Project 23550 Ivan Papanin - patrol icebreaker |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/23550.htm |publisher=[[Global Security]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="Wertheim2007">{{Cite book |last=Wertheim |first=Eric |title=The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World, 15th edition |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-59114-955-2 |page=520}}</ref>

<ref name="Cbc20070709">{{Cite news |date=9 July 2007 |title=Ottawa buying up to 8 Arctic patrol ships |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa-buying-up-to-8-arctic-patrol-ships-1.651892 |access-date=2007-07-10 |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]}}</ref>

<ref name="Cbc20070513">{{Cite news |date=13 May 2007 |title=Arctic patrol vessels approved by committee |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/arctic-patrol-vessels-approved-by-committee-1.647785 |access-date=2007-07-10 |publisher=[[CBC News]]}}</ref>

<ref name="abb_reflist">{{Cite web |last=<!-- Not stated --> |date=<!-- unknown --> |title=Propulsion Products |url=https://library.e.abb.com/public/98a7ddd74d7ecb3bc1257b09004c14ab/ABB%20Propulsion%20Products%20reference%20list%202013.pdf |access-date=2015-05-28 |publisher=ABB}}
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<ref name="250milMystery">{{Cite news |last=Milewski |first=Terry |date=2 May 2013 |title=Shipbuilding contract holds $250M mystery |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/shipbuilding-contract-holds-250m-mystery-1.1300816 |access-date=17 January 2015 |work=CBC News}}</ref>

<ref name="RCN2015-01">{{Cite web |date=January 2015 |title=Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships |url=http://www.navy-marine.forces.gc.ca/en/fleet-units/aops-home.page |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031134820/http://www.navy-marine.forces.gc.ca/en/fleet-units/aops-home.page |archive-date=31 October 2015 |access-date=9 September 2015 |publisher=Royal Canadian Navy}}</ref>

<ref name="BarentsObsv2019-08-21">{{Cite web |date=21 August 2019 |title=Norwegian Coast Guard vessel reaches North Pole |url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2019/08/norwegian-coast-guard-vessel-reach-north-pole |access-date=21 August 2019 |publisher=The Independent Barents Observer}}</ref>

<ref name="GlobeAndMail2020-07-31">{{Cite web |date=31 July 2020 |title=Canadian Navy enters new era by welcoming long awaited arctic warship |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canadian-navy-enters-new-era-by-welcoming-long-awaited-arctic-warship/?fbclid=IwAR2Jv4x3csjORFnAODkKAnICAJH1Ch_iWo-OFl_LQNY41s_fMagYmdhtP_I |access-date=31 July 2020 |website=The Globe and Mail}}</ref>

<ref name="MaritimeEx2020-07-31">{{Cite web |date=31 July 2020 |title=First Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship Delivered to Royal Canadian Navy |url=https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/first-arctic-and-offshore-patrol-ship-delivered-to-royal-canadian-navy |access-date=10 September 2020 |website=maritime-executive.com}}</ref>

<ref name="BarentsObsv2020-10-27">{{Cite web |date=27 October 2020 |title=Norwegian Coast Guard sails high-latitude Arctic voyage to Beaufort Sea |url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2020/10/norwegian-coast-guard-ship-sails-high-latitude-arctic-transit-voyage-beaufort-sea |access-date=14 November 2020 |publisher=The Barents Observer}}</ref>

<ref name="BartensObsv2020-10-30">{{Cite web |date=30 October 2020 |title=How a Barents Observer story is misused by troll media to sham a Norwegian "intrusion" into the Russian Arctic |url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2020/10/prigozhins-troll-media-sham-norwegian-intrusion-russian-arctic |access-date=14 November 2020 |publisher=The Barents Observer}}</ref>

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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130316011328/http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMII/MMIIMar12.html: Marinelog article]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20041230051351/http://www.marinetalk.com/articles_HTML/DNV00955403IN.html Marinetalk article: KV Svalbard]}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101029002839/http://www.mil.no/sjo/kv/start/fartoyene/article.jhtml?articleID=156016 Norwegian Forsvaerets article: KV Svalbard]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080410112652/http://www.journal.forces.gc.ca/engraph/vol8/no1/PDF/17-shadwick_e.pdf: Canadian Military Journal]

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