The Storm class fast patrol boats (FPB) were a class of 20 vessels built for the Royal Norwegian Navy.
In Norwegian these boats were called missilkanonbåter (MKB) meaning boats with missiles and guns. They were operated by the Coastal Combat Flotilla together with the MTBs, or Missile Torpedo Boats. None of the boats are currently in service with the Royal Norwegian Navy. The design was Norwegian and all of the boats were built by Norwegian ship yards from 1965 to 1967.
The Storm class was designed by Lieutenant-commander (later Captain) Harald Henriksen. Same man was also involved in the design of the Rapp-class MTB's - the first Norwegian-built MTB's. Later he also designed the Snøgg- and Hauk-class MTB's. Lieutenant-commander Henriksen's wife, Margot Henriksen was godmother of the first KNM Skjold (P 963), delivered to the Norwegian navy in February 1966 from Westermoen yard in Mandal.
Norway donated a Storm class each to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in 1995.
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Very cool shots. See you next week.
Oh, John, such great shots and informtion! Thanks as always for a great post about your world! Have a great week!
Slikt har jeg sansen for - meget vellykket!
Hilsen en "gammel" løytnant fra sjøforsvaret.
Those boats look mighty sturdy! I am amazed that they float.
Du var der du også ja,kjempefine bilder du har tatt:o)
Wow that is awesome, I love old military hardware, great posting.
Have a great week!
Guy
Regina In Pictures
Wow, stilig plass du har vært på... Tøffe bilder!! :)
ja disse ble fine john takk for turen
Great shots and interesting information. Enjoy your week!
This was a really informative post and those images just so dramatic.
Flotte bilder John :) Og bildene er som navnet på båten der, helt "Blink".
Et forunderlig navn på et slikt fartøy kanskje? Blink... :)
Nice set of images and story
Naval museums are always interesting to visit. Thank you dear John for this informative post ornamented with beautiful photos. Have a nice day!
Most interesting.
Thank you so much for the history and for the stunning photographs. Thank you for sharing your world.
Smiles
Hi John,
My brother is a retired Royal Malaysian Navy.Nice picture and Thanks for sharing.
That is one mighty fine looking place to retire! I remember that kind of boats having the loudest sound and blackest smoke in the navy. At least that´s how it was in finnish navy.
Great photos as usual, particularly with the lovely detail of the stone work.
It was very kind of your country to help out the poorer Baltic States.
Beautiful series of images John. As always beautifully composed, right exposures and amazing colors and details.
Great shots of the old, but not ancient, boats! They look like they were fast in their time at sea.
love your perspectives! superb!!
Very interesting. I just love how you compose your shots, nice!
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Reflections by Mariz
Älskar känslan i dina bilder (ha, nu låter jag allt bra svensk här!) - det spelar ingen roll vad det är. Denna veckan var det kylan och tiden som gått som kom fram. Alltid en lika rolig upplevelse att uppleva din värld!
Great photos! It is really neat to see these things you see every day in that part of the world! Thanks for sharing with us!
Veldig flott serie! :)
Liker veldig godt det siste bildet. Fint spill mellom lys, skygger, linjer osv. :)
Great job.
Fantastic my friend.
This is very intersting...I showed them to my husband who likes things this sort of thing a lot.
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