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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Data Sheet

Service

CO's

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Classification

Type:

Offshore Patrol Frigate

Class:

n/a

Other Ships
in Class:

None

Specifications

Built by:

Aalborg Værft A/S

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

December 11, 1974

Launched:

May 29, 1975

Commissioned:

February 27, 1976

Decommissioned:

November 21, 2000

Pennant Number:

F340

Int'l Call Sign:

OUEK

Displacement:

1,970 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

74.78 m

12.16 m

5.30 m

Complement:

59 officers and men

Propulsion:

3 x B&W Alpha Diesel Engines 7,440 Hps
1 x Ulstein Bow Thruster
1 x VP Propeller

Range:

6,000 nautical miles at 13 knots

Armament:

1 x 76 mm Gun K M/61 LvSa
2 x 37 mm Saluting Gun
1 x Depth Charge Launcher
2 x 51 mm Rocket Launcher for Illumination

Further:

1 x Alouette III Helicopter (until 1981/82)
1 x Westland Lynx Mk. 80/91 Helicopter (from 1981/82)

Speed:

18.5 knots

Notes

Handed over to the Estonian Navy, November 21, 2000, and entering service there as ADMIRAL PITKA.

Sources:

&

Flådens skibe og fartøjer 1945-1995, by Gunnar Olsen and Svenn Storgaard, Marinehistoriske skrifter,  Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-13-2)

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