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BESKYTTEREN frigate (1976)

Beskytteren 1980

Beskytteren 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Beskytteren F340   Aalborg Værft 15.12.1974 27.5.1975 27.2.1976 to Estonia 11.2000 (Admiral Pitka)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

1970

Length, m

74.4

Breadth, m

11.8

Draught, m

4.50

No of shafts

1

Machinery

4 Burmeister & Wain Alpha diesels

Power, h. p.

7440

Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

6000(13)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 26, 1 helicopter (Alouette III)

Electronic equipment AWS-1/CWS-2, NWS-1, NWS-2 radars, PMS-26 sonar

Complement

60

Project history: Officially rated as 'inspection vessel' (Fishery protection). Modified Hvidbjørnen. Specialty designed and equipped for fishery protection in Greenland waters.

Modernizations: 1982: - Alouette III helicopter; + Lynx helicopter

1987: - AWS-1/CWS-2, NWS-1, NWS-2 radars; + AWS-6, Scanter Mil 009 radars, Cutlass B-1 ECM suite, 2x Sea Gnat decoy RL

Naval service: No significant events.

Beskytteren 1977

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