The submarine KNM Utstein outside the Royal Norwegian Navy Museum in Horten.

The Royal Norwegian Navy Museum (Marinemuseet in Norwegian) is a museum documenting the history of the Royal Norwegian Navy. The Royal Norwegian Navy (often abbreviated as RNoN) is the branch of the Norwegian Defence Force responsible for naval operations It is located at the former main naval base of Karljohansvern in Horten. Follow this link if you are after the Horten brothers and their flying-wing aircraft The museum was founded by C. F. Klinck on 24 August 1853. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The museum is sometimes regarded as the world's first naval museum, as it was the first collection of naval memorabilia open to the public.

The collection

The collection contains several decommissioned ships, much equipment used by the Norwegian, Allied and German navies and ship models, paintings and pictures. In the 1980s the Royal Norwegian Navy Library was transferred to the museum. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The library's book collection started in 1805. Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or The Museum and Library have a book collection of about 25,000 volumes. In addition the museum has preserved all of the navy's ship log books from 1814 to today. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The museum also preserves ship designs and has an archive of Navy rules and regulations from about 1750 to today, with about 4,500 volumes. Year 1750 ( MDCCL) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a

A section of the Navy Museum exhibitions, with a model of the frigate Freia.

The ships

• HNoMS Alta (M314) — a Sauda class minesweeper still sailing and based in Oslo. External link and source HNoMS Alta's home page See also USS Warbler (MSC-206 (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924 is the Capital and largest city of Norway.
• HNoMS Blink — a Storm class patrol boat. Vessels The vessels are listed with their pennant numbers in RNoN service Arg P968 (1966-1991 Donated to Estonia
• HNoMS Hitra (ex USN SC‑718) — a "Shetland bus" still sailing and based in Bergen. History The Hitra was originally built as SC-718 for the United States Navy, but was transferred to the Shetland Bus organisation The Shetland Bus was the popular name for the clandestine naval operation in World War II between the Shetland Islands ( Scotland) and Nazi -occupied is the second largest city in Norway. It is located on the south-western coast of Norway in the county of Hordaland in between a group of mountains known as De syv fjell
• HNoMS Narvik (F304) — an Oslo class frigate. Construction All ships were built at the Navy Main Yard in Horten, Norway between 1964 and 1966.
• HNoMS Rap — the world's first torpedo boat. A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval Ship designed to carry Torpedoes into battle
• HNoMS Skrei — a Tjeld class patrol boat. Vessels Prototype Nasty (1957-1974 Royal Norwegian Navy 22 vessels built in Norway from 1959 to 1966
• HNoMS Utstein — a Kobben class submarine. History Along with the rest of the Royal Norwegian Navy the submarine fleet was to be modernized according to the Fleet plan of 1960.

See also

• Bamse (St. Bernard) - WWII naval dog hounored at the museum

External links

• Royal Norwegian Navy Museum web page
• Royal Norwegian Navy Museum web page at mil.no
• HNSA Web Page: M314 Alta