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DANISH ROYAL NAVY (DENMARK)

COAST GUARD, FISHERY PROTECTION AND HOME GUARD

VITUS BERING fishery protection vessel (1943/1948)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Vitus Bering (ex-Restorer)     Snow SY, Rockland, USA 25.3.1942 24.10.1942 6.10.1943 // 27.2.1948 stricken 8.1950

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

1615

Length, m

55.9

Breadth, m

11.3

Draught, m

4.25

No of shafts

1

Machinery

4 Hoover, Owens, Rentschler Co. 685A diesel generators, 1 electric motor

Power, h. p.

1200

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

diesel oil 200

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 75/55 M/34-38, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

65

Project history: Former USN rescue vessel, transferred to service in Greenland waters.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Vitus Bering was stricken after two-years service due to strong corrosion of the hull.

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