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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Classification

Type:

Offshore Patrol Frigate

Class:

THETIS Class

Other Ships
in Class:

F 357 THETIS
F 358 TRITON
F 359 VÆDDEREN

Specifications

Built by:

Svendborg Shipyard Ltd.

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

January 7, 1991

Launched:

October 11, 1991

Commissioned:

November 30, 1992

Decommissioned:

In active service

Pennant Number:

F360

Int'l Call Sign:

OUEX

Displacement:

3,500 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

(LOA) 112.30 m
(LWL)  99.75 m

14.4 m

6.0 m

Complement:

61 men (+ accommodation for 12 "passengers")

Propulsion:

3 ea MAN-B&W Diesel Engines, 13,000 Hp.
1 ea Bowthruster 884 Hp.
1 ea Azimuth Thruster 1,088 Hp.
1 ea Reversible Propeller

Range:

8,500 nm at 15.5 knots

Armament:

1 ea 76 mm Gun Mk M/85 LvSa
2 ea 37 mm Gun (salute)
4 ea 12.7 mm Heavy Machine Gun M/01 LvSa
1 ea Depth Charge Launcher

Helicopter:

1 ea Westland Lynx Mk. 80/91

After 2003 additional:

4 ea Stinger Lv M/93 (2x2)

Speed:

21.5 knots

History

Date:

Military Service:

December 4, 1992

Adopted by Esbjerg

June 1995

In the Royal Flotilla to the Faeroe Islands

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

 -

n/a

Notes

None

More Photos

The Offshore Patrol Frigate HVIDBJØRNEN.
(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