The Norwegian Frigate KNM Helge Instad Is In Danger Of Sinking After Being Rammed By An Oil Tanker While Returning From The NATO Trident Juncture Exercise.
The Ship, A Fridtjof Nansen-Class Vessel, Was Hit By The Maltese Flagged Oil Tanker Sola TS Around 4 A.M. Local Time While Docked In Sture, North Of Bergen, On Norway's Western Coast. Eight Of The Ship'S Crew Of 137 Were Injured, And Two Were Taken To A Nearby Hospital, Rear.
The Norwegian Frigate KNM Helge Ingstad, Right, After A Collision With The Tanker Sola TS, In Oygarden, Norway, On Nov. 8, 2018.
The Collision Tore A Hole In The Frigate'S Side, And That It Is Taking In More Water Than Can Be Pumped Out.
The Ship Was "Strongly Listing" — Or Leaning To One Side — And That It Had Been Pushed By Towboats Into Shallow Water, Where It Cannot Fully Sink.
The Helge Instad Is 442 Feet Long And Was Built By Spanish Shipbuilder Navantia In 2009. Norway Has Four Other Ships Of The Class In Service, Which Are The Scandinavian Nation'S Largest Naval Ships. The Ship Had Recently Participated In The Trident Juncture Exercise, One Of NATO's Largest Training Events In Recent Years.
