page_title: Royal Norwegian Navy
section_title: Mine Branch
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Norwegian Navy / Fleet units and vessels (present) / Mine Branch
caption_attribution_description: English: Image of Rauma (M352) of the Royal Norwegian Navy. Taken on the River Clyde on 16th June 2006.
context_page_description: The Royal Norwegian Navy is the branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces responsible for naval operations of Norway. As of 2008, the RNoN consists of approximately 3,700 personnel and 70 vessels, including 4 heavy frigates, 6 submarines, 14 patrol boats, 4 minesweepers, 4 minehunters, 1 mine detection vessel, 4 support vessels and 2 training vessels. It also includes the Coast Guard.
  This navy has a history dating back to 955. From 1509 to 1814, it formed part of the navy of Denmark-Norway, also referred to as the "Common Fleet". Since 1814, the Royal Norwegian Navy has again existed as a separate navy.
  In Norwegian, all its naval vessels since 1946 bear ship prefix "KNM", Kongelig Norske Marine. In English, they are permitted still to be ascribed prefix "HNoMS", meaning "His/Her Norwegian Majesty's Ship". Coast Guard vessels are given the prefix "KV" for KystVakt in Norwegian and permissibly, and less ambiguously in English, are styled "NoCGV", Norwegian Coast Guard Vessel.
context_section_description: 1st Mine Clearing Squadron
  Oksøy-class mine hunter (1994)
  Oksøy M340
  Karmøy M341
  Måløy M342
  Hinnøy M343
  Alta-class minesweeper (1996):
  Alta M350
  Otra  M351
  Rauma M352
  Orkla M353 (Ship sunk on 19 November 2002)
  Glomma M354
  Naval EOD Commando
  Gnist (P965)
caption: HNoMS Rauma (M352), an Alta class mine sweeper
exif: {"Image Make": "Canon", "Image Model": "Canon EOS 5D", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "300", "Image YResolution": "300", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CS Windows", "Image DateTime": "2006:06:16 20:40:12", "Image ExifOffset": "204", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "674", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "3325", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/250", "EXIF FNumber": "8", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Aperture Priority", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "100", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2006:06:16 13:04:52", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2006:06:16 13:04:52", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "8", "EXIF ApertureValue": "6", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "70", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "600", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "400", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "873600/283", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "1456000/471", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "2", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard"}