Boys and Ships
In the foreground are three young lads (potential recruits!) in Rosyth Naval Dockyard during 1979 Navy Days.
Behind them, and dressed overall, are the Norwegian Oslo-class frigate Trondheim (F302) and the Royal Navy's Leander-class frigate Juno (F52).
The Oslo class was a Royal Norwegian Navy design, based on the US Navy's Dealey-class destroyer escorts. The forward hull was customised to better suit Norwegian sea conditions (higher freeboard) and several sub-systems were European-built.
All of the class were built at the Navy Main Yard in Horten, Norway between 1964 and 1966. Half of the project expenses were funded by the United States as a part of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program.
In the late 1970s, the class received new armament, most notably Penguin, RIM-7 Sea Sparrow and Mk 32 torpedo launchers - and Trondheim is seen in that configuration above. Another modernisation was carried out in the 1980s.
On 17 March 2006 Trondheim ran aground off Lines island in Sør-Trøndelag. No injuries were reported. The frigate was towed to port in Bergen by the coast guard vessel KV Tromsø. Subsequently, Trondheim was decommissioned. On 5 June 2013, she was severely damaged in a test of the Norwegian-designed Naval Strike Missile system off the coast of the island Andøya.
Like the rest of her class, Juno was named after a figure of mythology. She was built by Thornycroft of Woolston, Hampshire and launched on 24 November 1965.
Juno had a variety of sunny deployments from commissioning in 1967 that culminated in a 1969 Far East Deployment, before returning to the UK towards the end of 1971, having also taken part in the Beira Patrol.
In the 1970s Juno was one of the six Leanders used as the fictional "HMS Hero" for the BBC TV drama series Warship. All members of the crew were given Hero cap tallies for filming purposes.
In 1976, Juno took part in the Third Cod War against Iceland during the fishing disputes with that country, twice being involved in ramming incidents with the aggressive Icelandic gunboat Tyr.
Following the damage received whilst undertaking fishery protection duties, Juno underwent a substantial refit in 1977, and in March 1978 joined the 5th Frigate Squadron for a nine month deployment to both American coasts and various central American countriest.
In November 1978, Juno was the guardship when Princess Margaret attended Dominica's independence celebrations.
In 1981 Juno was placed in reserve. However, in 1985, following a four-year refit, Juno reappeared as an unarmed navigational training ship. Ironically, the following year saw her grounded in the Solent! In 1987, her minor bad luck continued when she collided with the Type 21 frigate Active.
She was decommissioned in November 1992 and sold for scrap in 1994.
Scanned from a negative.
Boys and Ships
In the foreground are three young lads (potential recruits!) in Rosyth Naval Dockyard during 1979 Navy Days.
Behind them, and dressed overall, are the Norwegian Oslo-class frigate Trondheim (F302) and the Royal Navy's Leander-class frigate Juno (F52).
The Oslo class was a Royal Norwegian Navy design, based on the US Navy's Dealey-class destroyer escorts. The forward hull was customised to better suit Norwegian sea conditions (higher freeboard) and several sub-systems were European-built.
All of the class were built at the Navy Main Yard in Horten, Norway between 1964 and 1966. Half of the project expenses were funded by the United States as a part of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program.
In the late 1970s, the class received new armament, most notably Penguin, RIM-7 Sea Sparrow and Mk 32 torpedo launchers - and Trondheim is seen in that configuration above. Another modernisation was carried out in the 1980s.
On 17 March 2006 Trondheim ran aground off Lines island in Sør-Trøndelag. No injuries were reported. The frigate was towed to port in Bergen by the coast guard vessel KV Tromsø. Subsequently, Trondheim was decommissioned. On 5 June 2013, she was severely damaged in a test of the Norwegian-designed Naval Strike Missile system off the coast of the island Andøya.
Like the rest of her class, Juno was named after a figure of mythology. She was built by Thornycroft of Woolston, Hampshire and launched on 24 November 1965.
Juno had a variety of sunny deployments from commissioning in 1967 that culminated in a 1969 Far East Deployment, before returning to the UK towards the end of 1971, having also taken part in the Beira Patrol.
In the 1970s Juno was one of the six Leanders used as the fictional "HMS Hero" for the BBC TV drama series Warship. All members of the crew were given Hero cap tallies for filming purposes.
In 1976, Juno took part in the Third Cod War against Iceland during the fishing disputes with that country, twice being involved in ramming incidents with the aggressive Icelandic gunboat Tyr.
Following the damage received whilst undertaking fishery protection duties, Juno underwent a substantial refit in 1977, and in March 1978 joined the 5th Frigate Squadron for a nine month deployment to both American coasts and various central American countriest.
In November 1978, Juno was the guardship when Princess Margaret attended Dominica's independence celebrations.
In 1981 Juno was placed in reserve. However, in 1985, following a four-year refit, Juno reappeared as an unarmed navigational training ship. Ironically, the following year saw her grounded in the Solent! In 1987, her minor bad luck continued when she collided with the Type 21 frigate Active.
She was decommissioned in November 1992 and sold for scrap in 1994.
Scanned from a negative.