HDMS Thetis (F357)

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File:Sail past van het door de Evertsen afgeloste Deense fregat HDMS Thetis (2154 D080403PB1088).jpg
HDMS Thetis on anti-pirate duties off the coast of Kenya, 2008.
History
File:Naval Ensign of Denmark.svgKingdom of Denmark
NameThetis
Laid down10 October 1988
Launched14 July 1989
In service1 July 1991
Identification
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeThetis-class frigate
TypeOff Shore Patrol Frigates
Displacement3,500 tons full load
Length112.3 m (368 ft 5 in)
Beam14.4 m (47 ft 3 in)
Height37.0 m (121 ft 5 in)
Draft6.0 m (19 ft 8 in)
Installed power
  • 3 Detroit Diesel GM 16V 7163-7305 à 460
  • 1 Detroit Diesel 6L-71N 1063-7005 à 120 kW (EMG)
Propulsion
Speed>21.8 knots (40.4 km/h; 25.1 mph)
Range8.700 nautical miles (16.112 km; 10.012 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Endurance60 days
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 7m RHIBs
Complement52 + aircrew and transients (accommodation for up to 101 in total)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 Terma Scanter Mil 009 navigational radar
  • 1 Furuno FR-1505 DA surface search radar
  • 1 Plessey AWS-6 air search radar
  • 1 SaabTech Vectronics 9LV 200 Mk 3 fire control system
  • 1 SaabTech CTS-36 hull-mounted sonar
  • Thales TMS 2640 Salmon variable depth sonar
  • FLIR Systems AN/AAQ-22 SAFIRE thermal imager
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 1 Thales Defense Ltd Cutlass radar warning receiver
  • 1 Thales Defense Scorpion radar jammer
  • 2 Sea Gnat launchers (for chaff and flares)
Armament
  • 1 76-mm 62-cal. OTO Melara Super Rapid DP
  • 7 12.7 mm heavy machine guns
  • 4 7.62 mm light machine guns
  • 1 depth charge rack and MU90 Advanced Lightweight Torpedo for anti-submarine warfare
Aircraft carried1 Westland Lynx Mk.90B helicopter. From approx. 2016: MH-60R
Aviation facilitiesAft helicopter deck and hangar

HDMS Thetis is a Thetis-class ocean patrol vessel belonging to the Royal Danish Navy. In mid-1990s the ship served as a platform for seismic operations in the waters near Greenland. In 2002 she took over the role from her sister ship Hvidbjørnen as a platform for Commander Danish Task Group. The role was handed over to Absalon in September 2007. February - April 2008 Thetis served as a protection against pirates for the World Food Programme chartered ships, carrying food aid, off the Horn of Africa. A squad of soldiers from the Frogman Corps was deployed aboard the ship.[1][2] In 2009 the ship served as staff ship for the NATO Mine Countermeasure Group 1.

File:HDMS Thetis F357.jpg
HDMS Thetis (F357) dockside in Odense Harbour. December 2006

References

  1. ↑ "Dansk fregat klar til indsats mod pirater". www.nordjyske.dk (in dansk). 2008-02-04. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  2. ↑ "Dansk skib skal holde pirater væk - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in dansk). 2008-01-09. Retrieved 2021-11-28.

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