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DANISH ROYAL NAVY (DENMARK)

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HVIDBJØRNEN frigates (1962-1963)

Hvidbjørnen 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Hvidbjørnen F348   Århus Flydedok 4.6.1961 23.11.1961 15.12.1962 stricken 11.1992
Vædderen F349 136 Ålborg Vaerft 30.10.1961 6.4.1962 19.3.1963 stricken 3.1992
Ingolf F350   Svendborg Vaerft 5.12.1961 27.7.1962 27.7.1963 survey duties 1982, stricken 12.1991
Fylla F351 137 Ålborg Vaerft 27.6.1962 18.12.1962 10.7.1963 stricken 7.1991

 

Displacement standard, t

1345

Displacement full, t

1650

Length, m

67.0 pp 72.0 oa

Breadth, m

11.5

Draught, m

5.00

No of shafts

1

Machinery

4 General Motors 16-567C diesels

Power, h. p.

6400

Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

6000(13)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 26, 2 DCR, 1 helicopter (Alouette II)

Electronic equipment CWS-1, NWS-1 radars, PMS-26 sonar

Complement

85

Project history: Officially rated as 'inspection vessels'. Ordered 1960-61. Specialty designed and equipped for fishery protection in Greenland, Faroe and North Sea waters.

Modernizations: 1982, all: - 1 Alouette II helicopter; + 1 Lynx Mk 80 helicopter

1987, Hvidbjørnen, Vædderen; 1988, Ingolf, Fylla: - CWS-1, NWS-1 radars; + AWS-6, Scanter 009 Mil radars

Naval service: No significant events.

Hvidbjørnen 1978

Vædderen 1988

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

© Ivan Gogin, 2016