The contract was signed 21 October 2005, and NoCGV Barentshav was delivered in August 2009.

[1] On 11 and 12 September 2023, Barentshav was following the Russian intelligence vessel Yantar in the Fram Strait.

At 12:35 on Monday, the Russian ship started closely following RV Kronprins Haakon, and would continue to do so for 16.5 hours.

The Russian ship was operating without AIS and would overtly copy all of the research vessel's stops and movements, at one point closing to a distance of 200–370 metres (660–1,210 ft).

Yantar left the research vessel at 05:05 the next day, and Barentshav continued following the Russian spy ship.