The Royal Norwegian Navy provides the coastal defense of Norway. As of 2002, the Navy consisted of approximately 8000 personnel and 40 vessels, consisting of 4 frigates, 6 submarines, 14 missile torpedo vessels, 1 minelayer, 8 minesweepers, 1 mine detection vessel, 3 landing craft, 1 support vessel, 2 training vessels. The Navy also oversees the Coast Guard, comprising 10 vessels and land-based coastal defenses containing artillery, torpedo and missile batteries.

Ships of the Navy (both past and present):

  • HNoMS Alta - minesweeper
  • HNoMS Bergen - frigate
  • HNoMS Glomma - minesweeper
  • HNoMS Hessa - submarine chaser
  • HNoMS Hitra - submarine chaser
  • HNoMS Horten
  • HNoMS Kaura, ex U-995 - submarine
  • HNoMS Kinn, ex U-1202 - submarine
  • HNoMS Kobben - submarine
  • HNoMS Kvina - minesweeper
  • HNoMS Kya, ex U-926 - submarine
  • HNoMS Narvik - frigate
  • HNoMS Ogna - minesweeper
  • HNoMS Sauda - minesweeper
  • HNoMS Sira - minesweeper
  • HNoMS Skjold - fast patrol craft
  • HNoMS Skrei
  • HNoMS Tana - minesweeper
  • HNoMS Tyr - minesweeper, discovered wreck of U-735 in 1999
  • HNoMS Tista - minesweeper
  • HNoMS Trondheim - frigate
  • HNoMS Utla - minesweeper
  • HNoMS Vigra - submarine chaser
  • HNoMS Vosso - minesweeper

(note: HNoMS for His Norwegian Majesty's Ship is usually used in English, while KNM, which denounces Kongelige Norske Marine, is the correct term in Norwegian.)

Ships of the Coast Guard: