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ADMIRAL PITKA patrol ship (1976/2000)

Admiral Pitka 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Admiral Pitka (ex-Beskytteren) A230   Aalborg Værft, Denmark 15.12.1974 27.5.1975 27.2.1976 // 6.2000 stricken 6.2013

 

Displacement standard, t

1640

Displacement full, t

1970

Length, m

69.0 pp 74.4 oa

Breadth, m

12.2

Draught, m

4.50

No of shafts

1

Machinery

4 Burmeister & Wain Alpha V23-LU 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

Electronic equipment 2x Decca radars, Cutlass B-1 ECM suite, 2x Sea Gnat decoy RL

Complement

56

Project history: Former Danish patrol ship (officially frigate) Beskytteren. Ship was transferred without helicopter and recommissioned 21.11.2000. AWS-6 radar and sonar were removed before transfer (as presumably also EW equipment).

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Admiral Pitka 2007

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