Sleipner-class corvette

	KNM Sleipner (F310) and KNM Aeger (F311) at Amsterdam.
Class overview
Name	Sleipner class
Builders	Nylands Mekaniske Verksted; Aker Mekaniske Verksted;
Operators	Royal Norwegian Navy
Built	1963–1965
In commission	1965–1992
Planned	5
Completed	2
Scrapped	1
General characteristics
Type	Corvette
Displacement	600 long tons (610 t) standard; 790 long tons (803 t) full load;
Length	69.33 m (227 ft 6 in)
Beam	7.90 m (25 ft 11 in)
Draught	2.50 m (8 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	4 × MTU diesels totalling 9,000 bhp (6,711 kW)
Speed	20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	61
Sensors &; processing systems	Decca TM 1226 surface search radar; Decca 202 navigation radar; Phillips TVT-300 optronic fire control systems; Thomson-CSF Spheron hull sonar;
Armament	1 × Mark 34 76 mm (3 in) anti-aircraft gun; 1 × 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun; 1 × Kongsberg Terne III MK 8 6-tube rocket-thrown depth charge launcher; 6 × Mark 32 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes in triple mountings; 1 depth charge rack (6 depth charges);

The Sleipner class was a series of corvettes ordered as part of the Royal Norwegian Navy's 1960 fleet plan. It was intended to build five ships of the class, but because of economic problems only two were built; Sleipner and Æger.

Class overview
KNM Sleipner (F310) and KNM Aeger (F311) at Amsterdam.
Name	Sleipner class
Builders	Nylands Mekaniske Verksted Aker Mekaniske Verksted
Operators	Royal Norwegian Navy
Built	1963–1965
In commission	1965–1992
Planned	5
Completed	2
Scrapped	1
General characteristics
Type	Corvette
Displacement	600 long tons (610 t) standard 790 long tons (803 t) full load
Length	69.33 m (227 ft 6 in)
Beam	7.90 m (25 ft 11 in)
Draught	2.50 m (8 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	4 × MTU diesels totalling 9,000 bhp (6,711 kW)
Speed	20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	61
Sensors & processing systems	Decca TM 1226 surface search radar Decca 202 navigation radar Phillips TVT-300 optronic fire control systems Thomson-CSF Spheron hull sonar
Armament	1 × Mark 34 76 mm (3 in) anti-aircraft gun 1 × 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun 1 × Kongsberg Terne III MK 8 6-tube rocket-thrown depth charge launcher 6 × Mark 32 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes in triple mountings 1 depth charge rack (6 depth charges)