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FLYVEFISKEN (1989-2008)
(In English: The Flying Fish)

FLYVEFISKEN is here seen in the surveillance configuration.

FLYVEFISKEN is here seen in the surveillance configuration.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

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Classification

Type:

Patrol Vessel (see the notes)

Class:

FLYVEFISKEN Class

Other Ships
in Class:

P 551 HAJEN (1st built)
P 552
HAVKATTEN
P 553
LAXEN
P 554
MAKRELEN
P 555
STØREN
P 556
SVÆRDFISKEN
P 557
GLENTEN (2nd built)
P 558
GRIBBEN
P 559
LOMMEN
P 560
RAVNEN
P 561
SKADEN
P 562
VIBEN
P 563
SØLØVEN (3rd built)

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Specifications

Built by:

DANYARD, Aalborg (The hull was molded at Karlskrona Varvet, Sweden)

Design:

Naval Material Command

Laid down:

August 15, 1985

Launched:

April 26, 1996

Commissioned:

December 19, 1989

Decommissioned:

May 30, 2008

Pennant Number:

P550

Int'l Call Sign:

OVDA

Displacement:

450 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

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(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)

Speed:

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

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History

Date:

Military Service:

June 17, 1988

Adoption by Næstved Community

May 30, 2008

Decommissioned and handed over to the Lithuanian Navy

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Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

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n/a

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Notes

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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More Photos

FLYVEFISKEN is here seen in the surveillance configuration.

FLYVEFISKEN is here seen in the surveillance configuration.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

The former Danish patrol vessel FLYVEFISKEN, now named ZEMAITIS

The former Danish patrol vessel FLYVEFISKEN, now named ZEMAITIS seen here after arriving the naval base in Klaipeda, Lithuania.
(Photo: The Lithuanian 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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This page was first published: March 17, 2005

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