The Thetis-class ocean patrol frigates, also called Stanflex 3000, is a class of large patrol vessels built for the Royal Danish Navy. The class comprises four ships, all built and commissioned in the early 1990s. The ships' tasks are mainly maintenance of sovereignty, search and rescue, fishery inspection and support to local (mainly Greenlandic) authorities. The operation areas are normally Greenland and the Faroe Islands, but the vessels also operate near Iceland on transit between Greenland and the Faroe Islands, and near Denmark.
Specifications[]
- Type: Ocean Patrol Frigate
- Service Period: 1991-Present
- Characteristics:
- Length: 368 feet 5 inches (112.29 meters)
- Beam: 47 feet 3 inches (14.4 meters)
- Height: 121 feet 5 inches (37.01 meters)
- Draft: 19 feet 8 inches (6 meters)
- Displacement: 3,500 tons (Standard)
- Crew: 47-60
- Installed Power:
- 3 × Detroit Diesel GM 16V 7163-7305 at 460
- 1 × Detroit Diesel 6L-71N 1063-7005 at 120 kW
- Propulsion:
- 3 × MAN B&W Diesel 12v28/32A-D at 2940 kW (3990 hk), single shaft
- 1 × Brunvoll azimuth thruster (800 kW)
- 1 × electrical Brunvoll bow thruster (600 kW)
- Range: 8,700 nautical miles (16,112 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
- Speed: 21.8 knots (40.57 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- Plessey AWS-6 Air Search RDF x 1
- Furuno FR-1505 DA Surface Search RDF x 1
- Terma Scanter Mil 009 Navigation RDF x 1
- SaabTech Vectronics 9LV 200 Mk.3 Fire Control System x 1
- SaabTech CTS-36 Hull-mounted ASDIC
- Thales TMS 2640 Salmon Variable Depth ASDIC
- FLIR Systems AN/AAQ-22 SAFIRE Thermal Imager
- Countermeasures:
- Thales Defense Ltd Cutlass RDF Warning Receiver x 1
- Thales Defense Scorpion RDF Jammer x 1
- Sea Gnat Decoy Launchers x 2
- Armament:
- 1 x 76mm/62-caliber Super Rapid naval gun
- 7 x 12.7mm machine guns
- 4 x 7.62mm machine guns
- 2 x 12.75" triple torpedo tubes (Fires Eurotorp MU90 Impact lightweight torpedoes)
- 1 x depth charge rack
- Aircraft Carried: 1 x Westland Lynx Mk.90B maritime helicopter (to be replaced in 2016 by Agusta-Westland Merlin)
- Aviation Facilities: Aft helicopter deck and hangar
Unit Run[]
- KDM Thetis (F357)
- KDM Triton (F358)
- KDM Vædderen (F359)
- KDM Hvidbjørnen (F360)