Thetis class (Danish Navy)

Thetis class
Silhouette of class
Overview
Type	Inspection ship
units	HDMS Thetis (F357) HDMS Triton (F358) HDMS Vædderen (F359) HDMS Hvidbjærnen (F360)
Shipyard	Svendborg Skibsværft A / S
Namesake	Sea nymph Thetis
period of service	since 1991
Technical specifications
displacement	3,500 t
length	112.5 meters
width	14.40 meters
Draft	6.00 meters
crew	60 90 maximum
drive	2 shafts 3 × diesel engine MAN / Burmeister & Wain Alpha 12V 28 / 32A with 13,000 PS 1 bow thruster with 884 PS 1 transverse thruster with 1,088 PS
speed	20.8 knots
Range	8,500 nm at 15.5 kn
Armament	1 × Gun 76/62 Compact 2 × 12.7 mm MG M / 01 LvSa 2 × FIM-92 stinger on permanently installed double starter 2 × rails for depth charges
helicopter	1 × Westland Lynx
Radar / Sonar	Air / surface radar: Plessey AWS 6 Above water radar: Furuno 2135 Navigation radar: Furuno 2115 Weapon control radar: ClesiusTech 9LV Mk 3 Sonar: Thomson Sintra TSM 2640 Salmon
ECM	2 × 12 130mm flare launchers Terma DL-12T Racal Saber

The Thetis-class is a class of frigate- sized inspection vessels in service by the Danish Navy since 1991. The four ships were built by Svendborg Skibsværft A / S in Svendborg on Funen .

history

HDMS Hvidbjoernen (F360)

The four ships of the Danish Navy entered service in 1991 and 1992. Among other things, they are used for coastal protection off Greenland and Iceland . In order to enable year-round use also in northern latitudes, the ships of the Thetis class can break ice up to a thickness of 80 cm.

The somewhat unusually classified ships of the Thetis class are based on a design with a wide range of uses. The ships have the opportunity to take on tasks of the coast guard , carry out operations in the Arctic Ocean and also take part in combat tasks within the framework of NATO . In 2009, the Thetis was the command ship of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1), NATO's permanent mine defense association.

The ships are the third largest in the Danish Navy , after those of the Absalon class and the Iver Huitfeldt class .

Naming

The Thetis , the Triton and the Vædderen ( Danish : Aries (constellation) ) were all named after symbols of Norse mythology , only the Hvidbjørnen (outdated Danish: polar bear ) was named in honor of the native animal in Greenland.

units

Identifier	Surname	Keel laying	Launch	In service	Callsign	Godfather
F357	HDMS Thetis	October 10, 1988	July 14, 1989	July 1, 1991	OUEU	Frederik of Denmark
F358	HDMS Triton	June 27, 1989	March 16, 1990	2nd December 1991	OUEN	Poul Schlueter , Prime Minister of Denmark
F359	HDMS Vædderen	March 19, 1990	December 21, 1990	June 9, 1992	OUEW	Atli Dam , Prime Minister of Faroe Islands
F360	HDMS Hvidbjørnen	2nd January 1991	October 11, 1991	November 30, 1992	OUEX	Lars-Emil Johansen , Prime Minister of Greenland

literature

• Stephen Sounders: Jane's Fighting Ships 2004-2005. Jane's Information Group 2005, USA.

Web links

Commons : Thetis class  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• naval-technology.com, " Thetis Class Frigates, Denmark ", SPG Media Limited, 2008, accessed January 31, 2008
• " THETIS-klassen (1991–) " (dan) Flåden's history ... The history of the Danish Navy, accessed January 31, 2008

Individual evidence

1. ^ " THETIS-klassen (1991–) ( Memento of April 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )", Flådens Historie ... Danish Naval History, 2008 (accessed January 15, 2009)
2. ^ Naval Technology: Thetis Class, Denmark. Retrieved August 19, 2013 . 
3. ↑ GlobalSecurity.org : Thetis / Stanflex 3000. Retrieved August 19, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Stephen Sounders: Jane's Fighting Ships 2004-2005. Jane's Information Group 2005, USA, p. 171.
5. ^ Navy press and information center: Minesweeper clears ammunition off the coast of France. German Navy, May 5, 2009, accessed June 20, 2009 .