HNoMS Gribb
Tjeld-class patrol boat HNoMS Gribb (P388)
Class overview
Operators Royal Norwegian Navy
Built19591966
In commission19601995
Completed20 (1st group 12, 2nd group 8)
General characteristics
TypePatrol boat
Displacement70 long tons (71 t) (standard) 76 long tons (77 t) (full load)
Length24.5 m (80 ft 5 in)
Beam7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Draught2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
Propulsion2 × Napier Deltic Turbo-charged diesel engines, 6,200 hp (4,623 kW) 2 x shafts
Speed45 knots (52 mph; 83 km/h)
Range450 nm at 40 kn, 1600 nm at 25 kn
Complement22 men
Armament

The Tjeld class was a class of twenty fast patrol boats designed and built for the Royal Norwegian Navy in the late 1950s. They were used as torpedo boats in Norway where this type of vessel were called MTBs or motor torpedo boats (motortorpedobåt). They remained in service until the late 1970s, when they were placed in reserve; all were stricken by 1995.

Construction

The Tjeld class was based on a prototype fast patrol boat, the Nasty, developed and introduced as a private venture by Boat Services Ltd. A/S, Oslo, in close cooperation with Royal Norwegian Navy officers with World War II experience in fast patrol boats; the chief designer being naval architect Jan Herman Linge.

The Norwegian Tjeld-class vessels were constructed at Westermoen Båtbyggeri in Mandal. The first group of twelve vessels was ordered in 1957, launched between 1959 and 1960, and commissioned in 1960-1962. A second group of eight vessels was ordered in 1962, launched 1962-63 and commissioned 1963-66.

The design was also marketed abroad, to the then-West German Navy and the U.S. Navy, where they were known as the Nasty class, and to the Hellenic Navy as the Tjeld, or Improved Nasty type.[1]

The U.S. Navy operated twenty of the United States Nasty-class patrol boats, with pennant numbers PTF-3 through PTF-22, primarily in the conduct of riverine warfare during the Vietnam War. A subsequent improved version, the Osprey class, was larger with aluminum instead of wooden hulls, of which four were operated by the U.S.Navy, PTF-23 through PTF-26.[2] Many examples were later transferred to and operated by Naval Reserve units in the 1970s and 1980s until phased out of service. A handful survive as museum articles, either restored or currently undergoing restoration.[3]

Service history

The twenty Tjeld class vessels remained in service until the late 1970s; Skarv was stricken in 1978 and six others in 1979, the remainder being laid up in reserve. All vessels had been disposed of by 1995.[1] All the vessels of the first group were named after seabirds; those of the second group were named for fish or sea mammals. Some of the boats were later renamed, as the bird names were going to be used for the Hauk-class patrol boat. These boats took over the names of other Tjeld-class vessels which had been sold in 1981.

List of vessels

First group

Name Pennant number Date of launch Delivery date[4] Builder Notes[1]
Tjeld ("oystercatcher")P34325 June 1960WestermoenRenamed Sel 1977. Transferred to Naval Reserve and used by Sea Home Guard. Sold for scrapping 1992.
Skarv (cormorant)P34415 October 1960WestermoenSold 1981 [5]
Teist (black guillemot)P3457 February 1961WestermoenSold 1981
Jo (skua)P34617 February 1961WestermoenSold 1981
Lom (common murre)P34728 March 1961WestermoenSold 1981
Stegg (male grouse)P34828 April 1961WestermoenRenamed Hval 1977. Transferred to Naval Reserve and used by Sea Home Guard. Sold for scrapping 1992
Hauk (hawk)P34930 June 1961WestermoenRenamed Laks. Transferred to Naval Reserve and used by Sea Home Guard. Sold for scrapping 1992.[6]
Falk (falcon)P35014 September 1961WestermoenSold 1981
Ravn (raven)P3578 December 1961WestermoenRenamed Knurr 1977. Transferred to Naval Reserve and used by Sea Home Guard. Sold for scrapping 1992.
Gribb (vulture)P3885 March 1962WestermoenRenamed Delfin. Transferred to Naval Reserve and used by Sea Home Guard. Was planned to be preserved by Kværner Mandal A/S, but later sold for scrapping.
Geir (great auk)P38913 April 1962WestermoenStricken 1981. Sold to Stapletask Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent, England.[7]
Erle (wagtail)P3906 July 1962WestermoenSold 1981

Second group

Name Pennant number Date of launch Delivery date[4] Builder Notes[1]
Skrei (cod)P38014 January 1966WestermoenTransferred to Naval Reserve and used by Sea Home Guard. Transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy Museum and preserved as a museum ship.
Hai (shark)P381July 1964WestermoenTransferred to Naval Reserve and used by Sea Home Guard. Plans are currently underway for Hai to be preserved as a museum ship in Fredrikstad.
Sel (seal)P382WestermoenSold 1981
Hval (whale)P38319 March 1964WestermoenSold 1981
Laks (salmon)P38415 May 1964WestermoenSold 1981 to Stapletask Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent - Now moored in Great Wakering, Essex, England and has been restored and converted into a house boat (2017)
Knurr (grey gurnard)P3851 November 1964WestermoenSold 1981
Delfin (dolphin)P38620 May 1966Westermoen1984 Transferred to Naval Reserve and used by Sea Home Guard. Transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy Museum and preserved as a museum ship.
Lyr (pollock)P3871 February 1965WestermoenTransferred to Naval Reserve and used by Sea Home Guard. Sold for scrapping 1992.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Conway p294
  2. http://libertymaritime.com/index.htm
  3. http://www.ptfnasty.com/ , and http://libertymaritime.com/index.htm/ Archived 1 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 Davis 1975, p. 260.
  5. Skarv and 9 others were reportedly sold to Stapletask Ltd Archived 1 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Sittingbourne, Kent
  6. Hauks hull was saved by Martin Mead, the present owner, moored at Mill Head, Gt Wakering, Essex
  7. Geir was listed on eBay UK (listing number 321795403777) and sold for 625GBP on 6 July 2015 minus engines.

References

  • Davis, William H. (1975). "Ask Infoser". Warship International. Vol. 12, no. 3. pp. 260–275. JSTOR 44886606.
  • Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen, eds. (1995). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, US: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
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