In 2018, while returning from participation in Exercise "Trident Juncture", "Helge Ingstad" was involved in a collision with a Maltese-registered oil tanker, "Sola TS", that severely damaged the frigate and caused a severe list that placed it in serious danger of sinking in spite of its position. The frigate was successfully beached to prevent it sinking and allow the crew to be evacuated. In the early hours of 13 November the vessel partially sank with only smaller sections of the superstructure remaining above water. The vessel was recovered but with the cost of repair prohibitive it has been decommissioned and will be scrapped.