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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Classification

Type:

Offshore Patrol Frigate

Class:

HVIDBJØRNEN Class

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

F348

HVIDBJØRNEN

11/23/1961

12/15/1962

11/30/1992

F349

VÆDDEREN

04/06/1962

03/19/1963

03/31/1992

F350

INGOLF

07/27/1962

07/27/1963

12/02/1991

F351

FYLLA

12/18/1962

07/10/1963

07/11/1991

Comments to the Class

The first Danish ships constructed to permanent housing a helicopter.

Specifications

Built by:

Aalborg Ship Yard A/S

Design:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Displacement:

1,777 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

73.05 m

11.60 m

5.14 m

Complement:

86 officers and men

Propulsion:

4 ea GM Diesel Engines 6,400 Hp
1 ea Propeller

From around 1980 furthermore:

1 ea Ulstein Bow Thruster

Range:

6,000 nautical miles at 13.0 knots

Armament:

1 ea 76 mm Gun K M/61 LvSa
2 ea 37 mm Guns
1 ea Depth Charge Mortar Mk 1
2 ea. 51 mm Illumination Rocket Launchers M/56

Helicopter:

1 ea ALOUETTE III - until 1982, thereafter:

1 ea LYNX Mk 80/91

Speed:

18.5 knots

Additional Notes

None

More Photos

The Offshore Patrol Frigate HVIDBJØRNEN is here seen with its LYNX helicopter, and after refitting 1986/87 where the large radar dome was installed.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

The Offshore Patrol Frigate FYLLA is here seen off Greenland.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Sources:

&

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