HNoMS Helge Ingstad now gone
Any plan to replace it ?
They decide not to replace it, since a single ship would be to expensive, they calculated the cost to be around: $2 billion (they are going to get a shocker in the future, when they see a frigate can cost $3-4billion). Instead:
- They are running more crew rotation on the remaining 4 frigates keep
- Skjold class is to be kept in service and getting their MLU (Originally the government wanted to early retire them (probably due to they being a offensive plattform, how ever you look at it))
- NATO have moved more ships up North then before. (I quite often see, British, Dutch, German, etc. frigates. On the coast)
the second reason is that it is close to when the Government and the Navy/military starting to look over the fleet plan and what is needed the next couple of years (they will start with that in 2024-26'ish)
FFI (military research institute) have many project for future Navy project.
some of the hull plate of HNoMS Helge Ingstad will be used as parts of the other 4 frigates.