HDMS Vædderen (F359)
HDMS Vædderen (F359) in the Atlantic, March 2008
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History | |
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Kingdom of Denmark | |
Name | Vædderen |
Builder | Svendborg Shipyard Ltd. |
Laid down | March 22, 1990 |
Launched | December 21, 1990 |
In service | June 9, 1992 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Thetis-class frigate |
Displacement | 3,500 tons |
Length | 112.5 m (369 ft) |
Beam | 14.5 m (48 ft) |
Draft | 6 m (20 ft) |
Complement | 61 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Westland Lynx Mk90B. From approx. 2016: MH-60R |
HDMS (Her Danish Majesty's Ship) Vædderen (F359) is a
Thetis-class ocean patrol vessel of the Royal Danish Navy. She is employed to exercise Danish sovereignty in waters around the Faroe Islands and Greenland
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Vædderen (Aries) was recently refitted at Karstensens Shipyard A/S in Skagen, Denmark and sailed from Amailiehaven, Copenhagen in August 2006 on the Galathea 3 scientific expedition. Galathea 3 is now complete and Vædderen is back in service as an inspection ship.
In August 2010 Vædderen and
References
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"Canada Command - OP Nanook". Canadian Forces. August 2010. Archived from the originalon 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
- ^ "100816-G-4702D-012 Operation Nanook". Ninth District Public Affairs, US Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
External links
- The official Galathea 3 expeditions homepage.
- Jyllands-Posten´s Galathea 3 site Archived 2007-12-12 at the Wayback Machine