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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

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

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

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

-

1st Serial:

-

-

-

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

-

2nd serial:

-

-

-

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

-

3rd serial:

-

-

-

P563

SØLØVEN ****)

??/??/1995

05/28/1996

In service

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.

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)

Additional Notes

None

More Photos

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 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 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
and ready for mine laying.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

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