List of active Royal Norwegian Navy ships
The Royal Norwegian Navy is the branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces responsible for naval operations of the state of Norway. , the RNoN consists of approximately 3,700 personnel (9,450 in mobilized state, 32,000 when fully mobilized) and 69 vessels, including 4 frigates, 6 submarines, 6 corvettes, 3 minesweepers, 3 minehunters, 3 support vessels and 2 training vessels. The navy also includes the Coast Guard. In Norwegian, Royal Norwegian Navy vessels have since 1946 been given the ship prefix "KNM", short for "K"ongelig "N"orske "M"arine (Royal Norwegian Navy). In English, they are given the  prefix "HNoMS", short for ""H"is/Her "No"rwegian "M"ajesty's "S"hip" ("HNMS" could be also used for the Royal Netherlands Navy, for which "HNLMS" is used instead). Coast Guard vessels are given the prefix "KV" for "K"yst"V"akt (Coast Guard) in Norwegian and "NoCGV" for "No"rwegian "C"oast "G"uard "V"essel in English. Navy. Submarines. The submarine flotilla is planned to be replaced/updated with four new submarines from 2029. Norway has joined forces with Germany to develop the new submarines based upon the German 212-class of submarines. Surface combatants. The fifth Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate, HNoMS Helge Ingstad, sunk in a collision  off Bergen, Norway in 2018 and has been decommissioned. Auxiliary ships. It was decided that due to delays on HNoMS Maud the two former inner coast guard vessels NoCGV Olav Tryggvason and NoCGV Magnus Lagabøte (both from the Reine-Class), would be transferred to the navy as auxiliary vessels.