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ICELANDIC COAST GUARD (ICELAND)

ESCORTS

ÆGIR patrols (1968-1975)

Týr 2010

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Ægir     Ålborg Vaerft, Denmark   5.1967 6/1968 in service (2019)
Týr     Dannebrog Vaerft, Århus, Denmark   10.10.1974 15.3.1975 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

1150

Displacement full, t

1500

Length, m

Ægir: 62.2 pp 69.8 oa

Týr: 62.2 pp 70.9 oa

Breadth, m

10.0

Draught, m

5.02

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MAN R8V40/54 diesels

Power, h. p.

8600

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

10000(19)

Armament

1 x 1 - 57/40 Mk 6, 1 helicopter (Alouette?)

Electronic equipment

Ægir: 2x nav. radars

Týr: 2x nav. radars, Simrad sonar

Complement

22

Project history: Although built 10 years apart, these two ships are nearly identical.

Modernizations: 1989-1990, both: - 1 x 1 - 57/40; + 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, RIB with articulating crane for handling

1994, both: - 2x nav. radars; + Sperry Rasterscan, AWS-6 radars

1997, both: helicopter deck was extended (for the using of Dauphin II helicopter), hull beneath it was plated

Naval service: No significant events.

Ægir 1969

Týr 1980

Ægir 1997

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