HNoMS Tyr (N50)

HNoMS "Tyr" is a mine control vessel used for underwater search and recovery by the Royal Norwegian Navy.

History

"Tyr" was built at Voldnes Skipsverft in 1981 and was used as an offshore standby-ship in the North Sea under the name M/S "Sandby Master". The Royal Norwegian Navy took her over in 1993, and "Tyr" went through a comprehensive rebuilding and modernization program between 1994 and February, 1995 at the Mjellem & Karlsen shipyard in Bergen. Under the rebuilding "Tyr" was equipped with new thrusters, the bridge was expanded and a mine hangar was built on the aft-deck, and new hydraulic equipment was installed on the work-deck. "Tyr" was fitted with tactical systems, and was equipped with an Scorpio 21 ROV. The furnishings were also modernized.

Wreck discovery and recovery

HNoMS "Tyr" has discovered and/or recovered several wrecks:

*Localization and filming of the German battlecruiser "Scharnhorst" in cooperation with NRK.Official Norwegian Defence Force website: [http://www.mil.no/sjo/start/article.jhtml?articleID=22315 Over 5,000 graves found] no icon]
*Localization and filming of the German U-boat "U-864", sunk west of Fedje in 1945. [Bt.no: [http://www.bt.no/lokalt/hordaland/article343806.ece Article on the U-864 and her cargo of mercury] no icon]
*Localization and filming of the German U-boat "U-735", sunk near Horten in the Second World War.
*Localization and filming of the Polish troop-transport ship "Chroby", sunk in the Vestfjorden in 1940.
*Localization and filming of the Norwegian costal express ship D/S "Prinsesse Ragnhild", sunk off Bodø on 23 October, 1940. [Warsailors.com: [http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsp.html#Pr D/S Prinsesse Ragnhild] ]
*Localization and filming of the Royal Navy destroyer HMS "Hunter" sunk on 10 April, 1940 during the Battles of Narvik [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7280215.stm Sunken WW2 warship found in fjord] BBC News]
*Localization of the German transport ship "Palatia", sunk in the Second World War. This is the second largest ship accident in Norwegian history.
*Relocalization of the Norwegian U-boat HNoMS "Uredd", sunk on 24 February, 1943 after hitting a German minefield.
*Localization and recovery of a Norwegian F-16, that crashed in Bindalsfjorden, Mai, 1997.
*Localization and recovery of a Norwegian F-16, that crashed in the sea outside Landegode, Bodø. [Dagbladet newspaper: [http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2001/05/03/255681.html Article on the find of a coral reef during the recovery of the Landegode F-16] ]
*Search localization of assumed deceased, after the Sleipner disaster.
*Search and recovery of both helicopter and the deceased after a helicopter crashed in the Førdefjorden in October 1996.

ee also

*List of Royal Norwegian Navy ships
*Royal Norwegian Navy

Footnotes

Images

* [http://www.hydrographicsociety.org/News/Corporate-Members-News/KNMTyr.jpgl Pic 1]
* [http://gfx.dagbladet.no/pub/artikkel/5/51/514/514585/knmXtyr_280_1191987597_1191987616.jpgl Pic 2]

External links

* [http://www.mil.no/sjo/keskdr/logistikk/start/tyr/ Royal Norwegian Navy website on the ship] no icon
* [http://www.mil.no/sjo/start/article.jhtml?articleID=155352 HNoMS Tyr has found HMS Hunter, Official Royal Norwegian Navy website] no icon
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBhFx3vuM3g Video from HNoMS Tyr] no icon
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfQ04o30baU&feature=related Another video from HNoMS Tyr] no icon