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Johnny E. Balsved

THETIS Class (1991- )
(In English: n/a)

HVIDBJØRNEN is the last of the four offshore patrol frigates
of the THETIS Class.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy, 1st Squadron)

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Classification

Type:

Offshore Patrol Frigates

Class:

THETIS Class

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

F357

THETIS

07/14/1989

07/01/1991

In service

F358

TRITON

03/16/1990

12/02/1991

In service

F359

VÆDDEREN

12/21/1990

06/09/1992

In service

F360

HVIDBJØRNEN

10/11/1991

11/30/1992

In service

Comments to the Class

None

Specifications

Built by:

Svendborg Shipyard Ltd.

Design:

n/a

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

Additional Notes

None

More Photos

The offshore patrol frigate THETIS, the first of the four vessels.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy, 1st Squadron)

The offshore patrol frigate TRITON is here seen from above.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy, 1st Squadron)

THETIS is the only one of the class that has a flattened stern.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy, 1st Squadron)

Sources:

&

Flådens skibe og fartøjer 1945-1995, by Gunnar Olsen and Svenn Storgaard, Marinehistoriske skrifter,  Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-13-2)