The class is operated by the Royal Norwegian Navy, but also used as a platform for Home Guard training.

The Reine class consists of two vessels of the ST-610 L design by Skipsteknisk AS, built at the Gryfia shipyard in Szczecin, Poland.

The class constituted a new capacity for the Norwegian Sea Home Guard and was the first larger modern purpose built vessels in the fleet.

They greatly expand the capacity of the smaller patrol crafts of the Hårek and Gyda classes.

In 2013, the two vessels in the Reine class were transferred from the Sea Home Guard to the Royal Norwegian Navy.