KV Svalbard

The Royal Norwegian Navy offshore patrol vessel KV Svalbard was constructed by Langsten AG[?] at Tangen Verft[?] shipyard in Krageroe[?] and launched on February 17, 2001. She was christened December 15 in Tomrefjord[?] with Minister of Defence Kristin Krohn Devold as godmother, and delivered to the Kystvakt[?] on January 18, 2002. She is expected to enter full service in mid-2002 and to be homeported in Sortland[?].

Svalbard is the largest ship in Norway's military armed forces, designed to support the Nordkapp-class patrol vessels[?]. She is NBC-protected with constant overpressure, and is capable of icebreaking or towing up to 100,000 tons.

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