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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Data Sheet

Service

CO's

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Classification

Type:

Offshore Patrol Frigate

Class:

HVIDBJØRNEN Class

Other Ships
in Class:

F348 HVIDBJØRNEN
F349 VÆDDEREN
F351 FYLLA

Specifications

Built by:

A/S Svendborg Ship Yard

Design:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Laid down:

December 5, 1961

Launched:

July 27, 1962

Commissioned:

July 27, 1963

Decommissioned:

December 2, 1991

Pennant Number:

F350

Int'l Call Sign:

OUEN

Displacement:

1,777 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

73.05 m

11.60 m

5.14 m

Complement:

86 officers and men

Propulsion:

4 ea GM Diesel Engines 6,400 Hp
1 ea Propeller

From around 1980 furthermore:

1 ea Ulstein Bow Thruster

Range:

6,000 nautical miles at 13.0 knots

Armament:

1 ea 76 mm Gun K M/61 LvSa
2 ea 37 mm Guns
1 ea Depth Charge Mortar Mk 1
2 ea. 51 mm Illumination Rocket Launchers M/56

Helicopter:

1 ea ALOUETTE III - until 1982, thereafter:

1 ea LYNX Mk 80/91

Speed:

18.5 knots

Notes

None

Sources:

&

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

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