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FLYVEFISKEN Class (1989- )
(In English: n/a)

RAVNEN, is here seen equipped as a guided missile vessel

RAVNEN, is here seen equipped as a guided missile vessel.
(Photo: Jakob Dalgaard)

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Classification

Type:

Patrol Vessel, Guided Missile Vessel or Mine Vessel
(See the Comments to the Class below)

Class:

FLYVEFISKEN Class

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Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

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1st Serial:

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P550

FLYVEFISKEN

04/26/1986

21/19/1989

05/30/2008

P551

HAJEN

08/06/1989

07/19/1990

01/23/2009

P552

HAVKATTEN **)

01/13/1990

11/01/1990

In service

P553

LAXEN **)

05/20/1990

03/22/1991

In service

P554

MAKRELEN **)

??/??/1990

10/04/1991

In service

P555

STØREN **)

09/01/1990

04/24/1992

In service

P556

SVÆRDFISKEN *)

??/??/1991

02/01/1992

08/02/2006

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2nd serial:

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P557

GLENTEN ***)

??/??/1992

04/29/1993

In service

P558

GRIBBEN ****)

??/??/1992

07/01/1993

In service

P559

LOMMEN *)

??/??/1993

01/21/1994

01/29/2010

P560

RAVNEN ***)

??/??/1994

10/07/1994

In service

P561

SKADEN ***)

??/??/1994

04/10/1995

In service

P562

VIBEN ***)

??/??/1995

01/15/1996

In service

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3rd serial:

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P563

SØLØVEN ****)

??/??/1995

05/28/1996

In service

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Comments to the Class

*) Laid up, planned for decommissioning in Defence Agreement 2005-2009.

**) Equipped as mine clearance vessel.

***) Equipped as guided missile vessel.

****) Equipped as surveillance vessel.

The Patrol Vessels of the FLYVEFISKEN Class, also named as the Standard Flex 300 type, is capable of switching between several rolls/configurations  by a planned container system.

The different containers will make it possible to change the role of the ship from a clean surveillance role to a guided missile vessel or Mine Hunter within hours.

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Specifications

Built by:

DANYARD, Aalborg

Design:

Naval Material Command

Displacement:

450 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

 

(LOA) 54.00 m
(LWL) 50.00 m

9.00 m

Norm 2.60 m
Max. 3.00 m

Complement:

19-29 men, depending on configuration

Propulsion:

1 ea General Electric Gas Turbines 5,680 Hp
2 ea MTU Diesel Engines 5,440 Hp
3 ea Rexroth Aux. Engines
1 ea Bowthruster
3 ea Propellers

Range:

2,400 nautical miles at 18 knots

Armament:

1 ea 76 mm Gun Mk M/85 LvSa (all versions)
2 ea 12.7 mm Heavy Machine Gun M/01 LvSa

Further (depending on task):

4 ea Harpoon SSM (2x2) or
8 ea Harpoon SSM (2x4) and
1 ea
Sea Sparrow SAM VLS Mk.48 Mod.0 (1x6)

or

2 ea Sea Sparrow SAM VLS Mk.48 Mod.0 (2x6)

Extraordinary:

1 ea VDS (Variable Depth Sonar)
4 ea Anti Submarine Torpedoes MU-90 M/04 (2x2)

or

60 mines (max 60 tons)

Previously also:

2 ea 533 mm Torpedo Tubes (2x1)

As a dedicated surveillance vessel (GRIBBEN & SØLØVEN) just:

2 ea 12.7 mm Heavy Machine Gun M/01 LvSa

Speed:

+30 knob (gas turbines) / 20 knob (diesels)

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Additional Notes

None

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More Photos

SKADEN, equipped as a guided missile vessel, is here seen launching a HARPOON SSM missile

SKADEN, equipped as a guided missile vessel, is here seen launching a HARPOON SSM missile.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

The patrol vessel GRIBBEN seen here in Korsoer in the spring of 2007

The patrol vessel GRIBBEN seen here in Korsoer in the spring of 2007 now fitted in a basic surveillance configuration, without the main gun, surveillance radar and guidance systems.
(Photo: Kim Olsen - Søværnets Våbenskjolde)

The guided missile vessel RAVNEN is here seen equipped as an anti submarine vessel

The guided missile vessel RAVNEN is here seen equipped as an anti submarine vessel with the MU-90 Torpedolaunchers and VDS (Vertical Depth Sonar)
on the quarterdeck.
(Foto fra Søværnets Materielkommando)

One of the FLYVEFISKEN Class units is here seen equipped with mines

One of the FLYVEFISKEN Class units is here seen equipped
and ready for mine laying.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

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Sources:

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

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography

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