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TRITON (1991- )
(In English: n/a)

The Offshore Patrol Frigate TRITON in artic waters.
(Photo: Gert Andersen)

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Classification

Type:

Offshore Patrol Frigate

Class:

THETIS Class

Other Ships
in Class:

F 357 THETIS
F 359 VÆDDEREN
F 360 HVIDBJØRNEN

Specifications

Built by:

Svendborg Shipyard Ltd.

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

August 7 or 10, 1989

Launched:

March 16, 1990

Commissioned:

December 2, 1991

Decommissioned:

In active service

Pennant Number:

F 358

Int'l Call Sign:

OUEV

Displacement:

3,500 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

(LOA) 112.30 m
(LWL)  99.75 m

14.4 m

6.0 m

Complement:

61 men (+ accommodation for 12 "passengers")

Propulsion:

3 ea MAN-B&W Diesel Engines, 13,000 Hp.
1 ea Bowthruster 884 Hp.
1 ea Azimuth Thruster 1,088 Hp.
1 ea Reversible Propeller

Range:

8,500 nm at 15.5 knots

Armament:

1 ea 76 mm Gun Mk M/85 LvSa
2 ea 37 mm Gun (salute)
4 ea 12.7 mm Heavy Machine Gun M/01 LvSa
1 ea Depth Charge Launcher

Helicopter:

1 ea Westland Lynx Mk. 80/91

After 2003 additional:

4 ea Stinger Lv M/93 (2x2)

Speed:

21.5 knots

History

Date:

Military Service:

July 3, 1993

Adopted by the city of Aarhus

March 1992
- April 1992

Visit to the USA og the former Danish West Indies, celebrating the sale 75 years ago

June 15, 1995

Participated in a fleet parade in the Sound to celebrate the Royal Couple's Silver Jubilee

1995

Visit to New York

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

 -

n/a

Notes

None

Flere fotos

The Off Shore Patrol Frigate TRITON moored at Naval Station GRØNNEDAL, Greenland.
(Photo: Gert Andersen)

Some times it is cold to be an Offshore Patrol Frigate off Greenland.
(Photo: Gert Andersen)

TRITON in the middle of a great white ocean.
(Photo: Gert Andersen)

The Off Shore Patrol Frigate TRITON moored at Naval Station GRØNNEDAL Greenland.
(Photo: Gert Andersen)

Sources:

&

Flådens skibe og fartøjer 1945-1995, by Gunnar Olsen and Svenn Storgaard, Marinehistoriske skrifter,  Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-13-2)

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography