Thetis-class ocean patrol vessel
HDMS Triton ( F358 ) HDMS Vædderen ( F359 ) HDMS Hvidbjærnen ( F360 )
Skibsværft Svendborg A / S
Since 1991
2600 ts Standard Loaded 3500 ts full
112.5 meters
13.40 meters
6.00 meters
60 90 maximum
2 waves 3 x MAN / Burmeister & Wain Alpha 12V 28/32A diesel with 13,000 hp 1 bow thruster with 884 hp 1 bow thrusters with 1,088 hp
20.8 knots
8,500 nm at 15.5 knots
1 x Westland Lynx
- Luft-/Überwasserradar: Plessey AWS 6
- Overwater Radar: Furuno 2135
- Navigation Radar: Furuno 2115
- Waffenleitradar: ClesiusTech 9LV Mk 3
- Sonar: Thomson Sintra TSM 2640 Salmon
- 2 × 12 Terma DL -12T 130 mm decoy
- Racal Sabre
The Thetis - class is a class of frigate inspection vessels in size, which is used by the Danish Navy since 1991. The four ships were built by Skibsværft Svendborg A / S in Svendborg on Funen.
History
The four ships of the Danish Navy were put into service in 1991 and 1992. They are used among other things for the coastal defense of Greenland and Iceland. To allow year-round use in the northern hemisphere, the ships of the Thetis - class, up to a thickness of 80 cm to break ice.
The somewhat unusual vessels classed Thetis class based on a design with a wide range of applications. Thus, the ships have the opportunity both tasks the Coast Guard take over operations in the Arctic Ocean perform as participate in combat missions in the framework of NATO. Thus, the Thetis, 2009 was the command ship SNMCMG 1, the constant association of NATO mine countermeasures.
The ships are the third largest of the Danish Navy after the Absalon class and Iver - Huitfeldt class.
Naming
The Thetis, Triton and the Vædderen (Danish: Aries ( constellation )) were all named after symbols of Norse mythology, only the Hvidbjørnen (or old Danish: Polar Bear ) was named in honor of Greenland after the native wildlife.