Jan Mayen-class patrol vessel

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The Jan Mayen class is a class of offshore patrol vessels used by the Norwegian Coast Guard. The Coast Guard first announced plans for the class in September 2016, to increase their capability to patrol Norway's expansive coastal waters, and to replace the ageing Nordkapp-class vessels. Considerably larger than their predecessors, the hulls of these ships were constructed at the Vard Tulcea shipyard in Romania. The hulls were then towed to Norway where the ships were outfitted and tested at the Vard Langsten shipyard. The total cost for the 3 ships in the class is expected to be 7.2 billion kroner ($645 million), one of the largest maritime defense expenditures ever made by Norway.

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