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THETIS frigates (1991-1992)

Thetis 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Thetis F357   Svendborg Skibsværft 10.10.1988 14.7.1989 1.7.1991 in service (2019)
Triton F358   Svendborg Skibsværft 27.6.1989 16.3.1990 2.12.1991 in service (2019)
Vædderen F359   Svendborg Skibsværft 19.3.1990 21.12.1990 9.6.1992 in service (2019)
Hvidbjørnen F360   Svendborg Skibsværft 2.1.1991 11.10.1991 30.11.1992 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

2600

Displacement full, t

3500

Length, m

99.8 pp 112.5 oa

Breadth, m

14.5

Draught, m

6.00

No of shafts

1

Machinery

3 MAN-B&W Alpha 12V28/32AD diesels

Power, h. p.

10800

Max speed, kts

21

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

8500(15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 helicopter (Lynx)

Electronic equipment Scanter Mil 009, FR-1505, AWS-6, 9LV200 Mk 3 radars, AAQ-2 Safire e/o system, CTS-36, Salmon TSM2640 sonars, Sabre, Scorpion ECM suites, 2x Sea Gnat DL-12T decoy RL,

Complement

60

Project history: Stanflex 2000 design, ordered in 1987 to replace Hvidbjørnen class. Employed generally for fishery protection and survey duties. Ice-reinforced hull. All deck gears and systems fwd and aft are weather-protected.

Modernizations: 1991, Thetis: - Salmon TSM2640 sonar

2003-2004, all: + 2 x 2 Stinger SAM (16 FIM-92), ability to carry MH-60R Seahawk helicopter

2007, Vædderen: seismographic equipment was installed on helicopter deck.

late 2010s, all: - Scanter Mil 009, FR-1505 radars; + Furuno 2115, Furuno 2135 radars, 9LV Mk 3 C-Flex CCS

Naval service: No significant events.

Thetis 2014

© Ivan Gogin, 2019