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The Norwegian Coast Guard icebreaker and offshore patrol vessel KV ''Svalbard'' (W303) was constructed by Langsten AS at Tangen Verft shipyard in Kragerø and launched on 17 February 2001. She was named 15 December in Tomrefjord with Minister of Defence Kristin Krohn Devold as godmother, and delivered to the Coast Guard on 18 January 2002. She entered service in mid-2002 and is homeported in Sortland. Her primary operating area is in the Arctic waters north of Norway, the Barents Sea and around the Svalbard islands. ''Svalbard'' is the largest ship in Norway's military armed forces (by tonnage), designed to supplement the 3 other helicopter carrying ships of the Norwegian Coast Guard - the ''Nordkapp'' class patrol vessels. She is NBC-protected with constant overpressure, and is capable of icebreaking and emergency towing up to 100.000 tons. The Norwegian coastline is generally free of ice, thus ''Svalbard'' is the only active Norwegian icebreaking-capable vessel. A double acting ship, ''Svalbard'' is designed to break ice both ahead and astern. On 9 July 2007 the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper had announced that Canada would be building six to eight Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships for the Royal Canadian Navy, modeled after the ''Svalbards design, yet much more expensive.〔 〕〔 〕 ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「NoCGV Svalbard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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