The Snøgg class was a 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...

 class of fast patrol boat

Patrol boat

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s (FPB). It might also be classified as a torpedo boat

Torpedo boat

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 or a missile boat

Missile boat

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. In Norway

Norway

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 this type of vessel is called a missile torpedo boat (MTB). The class was named after its lead vessel, Snøgg, which is a Norwegian

Norwegian language

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 word meaning "fast". All of the subsequent names are synonym

Synonym

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s of "fast".

Six vessels were built during 1970 and 1971 to replace the ageing Rapp class

Rapp class patrol boat

The Rapp class torpedo boats were a class of six torpedo boats built in Norway for the Royal Norwegian Navy from 1952 to 1956. They were the first Norwegian-built torpedo boats after World War II, and were designed in light of experience from operations in this war...

. Designed by Lieutenant-commander (later Captain) Harald Henriksen as a development of the . None of the vessels are left in Norwegian

Norway

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 service today, they have been succeeded by the and class.

Vessels

Listed here in order of delivery with their pennant numbers in RNoN service:

• HNoMS Snøgg (P980) (1970-1994)
• HNoMS Rapp (P981)
• HNoMS Snar (P982)
• HNoMS Rask (P983)
• HNoMS Kvikk
  HNoMS Kvikk
  HNoMS Kvikk was a Royal Norwegian Navy fast patrol boat of the Snøgg class. She was built in 1970 and broken up in 1995.- EW vessel :...
  
  (P984) (1970-1995)
• HNoMS Kjapp (P985)

Note: The Norwegian prefix for RNoN vessels is KNM.

Sources

• Information folder from Forsvarets rekrutterings- og mediesenter (Norwegian defence recruitment and media centre) 1991/92
• Royal Norwegian Navy history web page