BARSØ Class (1969- )
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Naval Patrol Cutters of the BARSØ Class

Three cutters of the BARSØ Class with DREJØ in front.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Classification
Type:	Naval Patrol Cutter
Class:	BARSØ Class

Units in Class
PT No.:	Name:	Launched:	Comm.:	Decomm.:
Y300	BARSØ	04/10/1969	05/20/1969	10/08/2008
Y301	DREJØ	04/26/1969	06/18/1969	10/08/2008
Y302	ROMSØ	05/31/1969	07/04/1969	03/21/2007
Y303	SAMSØ	06/14/1969	07/31/1969	Laid up
Y304	THURØ	08/01/1969	08/30/1969	Laid up
Y305	VEJRØ	07/08/1969	09/30/1969	10/10/2006
Y306	FARØ	11/17/1972	02/06/1973	04/23/2008
Y307	LÆSØ	01/12/1973	03/28/1973	10/07/2009
Y308	RØMØ	03/09/1973	06/22/1973	03/25/2009

Comments to the Class

Steel hull and aluminum structure, built for coastal surveillance in Danish water.

The last three cutters are most identical with the former, but have an extended closed bridge.

Specifications
Built by:	Svendborg Ship Yard
Design:	n/a
Displacement:	147 tons (LÆSØ after 1991: 223.2 tons)
Dimensions:	Length:	Beam:	Draught:
	(LOA) 25.64 m (LWL) 23.50 m	6.00 m	2.79 m
Complement:	8-12 men (2 officers)
Propulsion:	1 ea B&W Alpha Diesel Engine, 500 Hp
Range:	1,800 Nautical Miles at 11 knots
Armament:	2 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa (2x1) After 2004: 2 ea 12.7 mm Heavy Machine Gun M/01 LvSa
Speed:	11.53 knots (11.44 knots for 2nd series, last 3 cutters)

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Additional Notes

None

More Photos

The Naval Patrol Cutter BARSØ

The Naval Patrol Cutter BARSØ.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

The Naval Patrol Cutter LÆSØ

LÆSØ has been rebuild and serve as a diving training ship, and is permanently equipped with a decompression tank fore and an open diving bell on the quarterdeck.
(Photo: E. Laursen)

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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

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This page was last updated: December 13, 2009

This page was first published: March 17, 2005

BARSØ Class (1969- ) (In English: n/a)

BARSØ Class (1969- )
(In English: n/a)