Tjeld class patrol boat
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The Tjeld class were a class of fast patrol boat
Patrol boat
A patrol boat is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defense duties.There have been many designs for patrol boats. They may be operated by a nation's navy, coast guard, or police force, and may be intended for marine and/or estuarine or river environments...
s (FPB) designed in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. They were used as torpedo boat
Torpedo boat
A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval vessel designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs rammed enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes, and later designs launched self-propelled Whitehead torpedoes. They were created to counter battleships and other large, slow and...
s in Norway where this type of vessel were called MTBs or motor torpedo boat
Motor Torpedo Boat
Motor Torpedo Boat was the name given to fast torpedo boats by the Royal Navy, and the Royal Canadian Navy.The capitalised term is generally used for the Royal Navy boats and abbreviated to "MTB"...
s (motortorpedobåt). The class was also known as the Nasty class.
The prototype Nasty was designed, built and tested during the fall of 1957. The Tjeld class was developed and introduced by Boat Services Ltd. A/S, Oslo, in close cooperation with Royal Norwegian Navy
Royal Norwegian Navy
The Royal Norwegian Navy is the branch of the Norwegian Defence Force responsible for naval operations. , the RNoN consists of approximately 3,700 personnel and 70 vessels, including 5 heavy frigates, 6 submarines, 14 patrol boats, 4 minesweepers, 4 minehunters, 1 mine detection vessel, 4 support...
officers with World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
experience in Fast Patrol Boats; the chief designer being naval architect Jan Herman Linge
Jan Herman Linge
Jan Herman Linge was a Norwegian engineer and boat designer. He was the son of Martin Linge, known for his war effort in Kompani Linge.-Early life and career:Linge was born in Oslo in 1922...
. The Norwegian Tjeld class vessels were constructed at A/S Westermoen Båtbyggeri og Mek Verksted in Mandal.
The design was also sold to the USA, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
and West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
.
Six vessels were built in the USA by John Trumpy and Sons
John H. Mathis & Company
John H. Mathis & Company was a shipbuilding company founded around 1900, based at Cooper Point in Camden, New Jersey, on the Delaware River. At their shipyard at Point and Erie Streets, the company built luxury yachts and also commercial ships. During World War II a variety of Naval vessels were...
http://www.acbs.org/rudder/oldrudder/Rudder/Summer2000/Trumpy.htm of Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. It had a population of 38,394 at the 2010 census and is situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east of Washington, D.C. Annapolis is...
(some parts, such as the keel and stem being imported). The US Navy used them as PTF boats in the Vietnam War
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
.
Royal Norwegian Navy
Twenty-two vessels were built in Norway from 1959 to 1966. This list is of the ships in the order of launch with the year of launch, the year the ship left the Norwegian Navy's hands and any other information about the fate of the ship.All the vessels are named after birds or fish (and three sea mammals). Some of the boats were renamed as the bird names were going to be used for the . The boats took over the names of other Tjeld class vessels which were sold in 1981.
(oystercatcher
Oystercatcher
The oystercatchers are a group of waders; they form the family Haematopodidae, which has a single genus, Haematopus. They are found on coasts worldwide apart from the polar regions and some tropical regions of Africa and South East Asia...
) (1959-1992) Renamed Sel. Transferred to Naval Reserve and used by Sea Home Guard. Sold for scrapping 1992. (cormorant
Cormorant
The bird family Phalacrocoracidae is represented by some 40 species of cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed recently, and the number of genera is disputed.- Names :...
) (1959-1981) Sold to Stapletask Ltd, Sittingbourne
Sittingbourne
Sittingbourne is an industrial town about eight miles east of Gillingham in England, beside the Roman Watling Street off a creek in the Swale, a channel separating the Isle of Sheppey from mainland Kent...
, Kent, England. (black guillemot
Black Guillemot
The Black Guillemot or Tystie is a medium-sized alcid.Adult birds have black bodies with a white wing patch, a thin dark bill, and red legs and feet. They show white wing linings in flight. In winter, the upperparts are pale grey and the underparts are white. The wings remain black with the large...
) (1960-1981) Sold to Stapletask Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent, England. (1960-1981) Sold to Stapletask Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent, England. (1961-1981) Sold to Stapletask Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent, England. (1961-1992) Renamed Hval. Transferred to Naval Reserve and used by Sea Home Guard. Sold for scrapping 1992. (hawk
Hawk
The term hawk can be used in several ways:* In strict usage in Australia and Africa, to mean any of the species in the subfamily Accipitrinae, which comprises the genera Accipiter, Micronisus, Melierax, Urotriorchis and Megatriorchis. The large and widespread Accipiter genus includes goshawks,...
) (1961-1992) Renamed Laks. Transferred to Naval Reserve and used by Sea Home Guard. Sold for scrapping 1992. (falcon
Falcon
A falcon is any species of raptor in the genus Falco. The genus contains 37 species, widely distributed throughout Europe, Asia, and North America....
) (1961-1981) Sold to Stapletask Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent, England. (raven
Raven
Raven is the common name given to several larger-bodied members of the genus Corvus—but in Europe and North America the Common Raven is normally implied...
) (1961-1992) Renamed Knurr. Transferred to Naval Reserve and used by Sea Home Guard. Sold for scrapping 1992. (vulture
Vulture
Vulture is the name given to two groups of convergently evolved scavenging birds, the New World Vultures including the well-known Californian and Andean Condors, and the Old World Vultures including the birds which are seen scavenging on carcasses of dead animals on African plains...
) (1961-?) Renamed Delfin. Transferred to Naval Reserve and used by Sea Home Guard. Was planned to be preserved by Kværner
Kværner
Kværner was a Norway-based engineering and construction services company in existence between 1853 and 2005 when it was merged with Aker ASA. The Kværner name was used in the subsidiary Aker Kværner until April 3, 2008 when it changed name to Aker Solutions. Kværner re-emerged on 6...
Mandal A/S, but later sold for scrapping. (1962-1981) Sold to Stapletask Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent, England. (1962-1981) Sold to Stapletask Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent, England. (seal) (1963-1981) Sold to Stapletask Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent, England. (whale
Whale
Whale is the common name for various marine mammals of the order Cetacea. The term whale sometimes refers to all cetaceans, but more often it excludes dolphins and porpoises, which belong to suborder Odontoceti . This suborder also includes the sperm whale, killer whale, pilot whale, and beluga...
) (1964-1981) Sold to Stapletask Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent, England. (salmon
Salmon
Salmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout; the difference is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are resident, but this distinction does not strictly hold true...
) (1964-1981) Sold to Stapletask Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent, England. (shark
Shark
Sharks are a type of fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and a highly streamlined body. The earliest known sharks date from more than 420 million years ago....
) (1964-?) Transferred to Naval Reserve and used by Sea Home Guard. Plans are currently underway for Hai to be preserved as a museum ship in Fredrikstad
Fredrikstad
is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad....
. (1964-1981) Sold to Stapletask Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent, England. (pollack
Pollack
Pollack is a surname, and may refer to:* Alan W. Pollack, musicologist* Andrea Pollack , swimmer* Ben Pollack , drummer and bandleader* Brittany Pollack, New York City Ballet dancer* David M. Pollack, , American football linebacker...
) (1965-1992) Transferred to Naval Reserve and used by Sea Home Guard. Sold for scrapping 1992. (cod
Cod
Cod is the common name for genus Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in the common name for various other fishes. Cod is a popular food with a mild flavor, low fat content and a dense, flaky white flesh. Cod livers are processed to make cod liver oil, an important source of...
) (1965-?) Transferred to Naval Reserve and used by Sea Home Guard. Transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy Museum
Royal Norwegian Navy Museum
The Royal Norwegian Navy Museum is a museum documenting the history of the Royal Norwegian Navy. It is located at the former main naval base of Karljohansvern in Horten. The museum was founded by C.F. Klinck on 24 August 1853...
and preserved as a museum ship
Museum ship
A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public, for educational or memorial purposes...
. (dolphin
Dolphin
Dolphins are marine mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in 17 genera. They vary in size from and , up to and . They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, and are carnivores, mostly eating...
) (1966-1984) Given to Friends of the Shetland bus
Shetland bus
The Shetland Bus was the nickname of a clandestine special operations group that made a permanent link between Shetland, Scotland, and German-occupied Norway from 1941 until the German occupation ended on 8 May 1945. From mid-1942 the official name of the group was "Norwegian Naval Independent Unit"...
as a preservation project, but the project failed and the ship was given to a private person.
US Navy
14 vessels built in Norway and sold to USA. Six vessels built under licence in USA. This list contains the names of the vessels, first year of service in the US Navy, the year they left US Navy hands and any other information concerning their fate. Many were part of DESOTO patrolDESOTO patrol
DESOTO patrols were patrols conducted by U.S. Navy destroyers equipped with a mobile "van" of signals intelligence equipment used for intelligence collection in hostile waters....
s.
- USS PTF 1 Not a Tjeld class?
- USS PTF 2 Not a Tjeld class?
- USS PTF 3 (1963-?) Currently under restoration in USA.
- USS PTF 4 (1963-1965)
- USS PTF 5 (1963-?)
- USS PTF 6 (1963-?)
- USS PTF 7 (1963-?)
- USS PTF 8 (1963-?)
- USS PTF 9
- USS PTF 10 (1965-?)
- USS PTF 11 (1965-?)
- USS PTF 12 (1965-?)
- USS PTF 13 (1965-?)
- USS PTF 14 (1965-1966)
- USS PTF 15 (?-1966)
- USS PTF 16 (?-1966)
- USS PTF 17 (1968-?) Built in USA.
- USS PTF 18 (1968-?) Built in USA.
- USS PTF 19 (1968-?) Built in USA.
- USS PTF 20 (1968-?) Built in USA.
- USS PTF 21 (1970-?) Built in USA.
- USS PTF 22 (1970-?) Built in USA.
Hellenic NavyHellenic NavyThe Hellenic Navy is the naval force of Greece, part of the Greek Armed Forces. The modern Greek navy has its roots in the naval forces of various Aegean Islands, which fought in the Greek War of Independence...
Six vessels constructed in Norway and sold to GreeceGreece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
.
- HS Andromeda (P196)
- HS Kiknos (P198)
- HS Pigasos (P199)
- HS Toxotis (P228)
German NavyGerman NavyThe German Navy is the navy of Germany and is part of the unified Bundeswehr .The German Navy traces its roots back to the Imperial Fleet of the revolutionary era of 1848 – 52 and more directly to the Prussian Navy, which later evolved into the Northern German Federal Navy...
Two vessels constructed in Norway and sold to the German Navy where they were called Schnellboot Nasty-Klasse Typ 152 and served as testboats.
- GS Hugin (P6191) (1960-1964)
- GS Munin (P6192) (1960-1964)