HDMS Thetis (F357)

	HDMS Thetis on anti-pirate duties off the coast of Kenya, 2008.
History
Kingdom of Denmark
Name	Thetis
Laid down	10 October 1988
Launched	14 July 1989
In service	1 July 1991
Identification	IMO number: 3993600; MMSI number: 219522000; Callsign: OUEU;
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class & type	Thetis-class frigate
Type	Off Shore Patrol Frigates
Displacement	3,500 tons full load
Length	112.3 m (368 ft 5 in)
Beam	14.4 m (47 ft 3 in)
Height	37.0 m (121 ft 5 in)
Draft	6.0 m (19 ft 8 in)
Installed power	3 Detroit Diesel GM 16V 7163-7305 à 460; 1 Detroit Diesel 6L-71N 1063-7005 à 120 kW (EMG);
Propulsion	3 × MAN B&W Diesel 12v28/32A-D à 2940 kW (3990 hk), single shaft; 1 Brunvoll azimuth thruster (800 kW); 1 electrical Brunvoll bow thruster (600 kW);
Speed	>21.8 knots (40.4 km/h; 25.1 mph)
Range	8.700 nautical miles (16.112 km; 10.012 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Endurance	60 days
Boats & landing; craft carried	2 7m RHIBs
Complement	52 + aircrew and transients (accommodation for up to 101 in total)
Sensors &; processing systems	1 Terma Scanter Mil 009 navigational radar; 1 Furuno FR-1505 DA surface search radar; 1 Plessey AWS-6 air search radar; 1 SaabTech Vectronics 9LV 200 Mk 3 fire control system; 1 SaabTech CTS-36 hull-mounted sonar; Thales TMS 2640 Salmon variable depth sonar; FLIR Systems AN/AAQ-22 SAFIRE thermal imager;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	1 Thales Defense Ltd Cutlass radar warning receiver; 1 Thales Defense Scorpion radar jammer; 2 Sea Gnat launchers (for chaff and flares);
Armament	1 76-mm 62-cal. OTO Melara Super Rapid DP; 7 12.7 mm heavy machine guns; 4 7.62 mm light machine guns; 1 depth charge rack and MU90 Advanced Lightweight Torpedo for anti-submarine warfare;
Aircraft carried	1 Westland Lynx Mk.90B helicopter. From approx. 2016: MH-60R
Aviation facilities	Aft helicopter deck and hangar

HDMS Thetis is a Thetis-class ocean patrol vessel belonging to the Royal Danish Navy.

In mid-1990s the ship served as a platform for seismic operations in the waters near Greenland. In 2002 she took over the role from her sister ship Hvidbjørnen as a platform for Commander Danish Task Group. The role was handed over to Absalon in September 2007.

February - April 2008 Thetis served as a protection vessel against pirates for the World Food Programme chartered ships, carrying food aid, off the Horn of Africa. A squad of soldiers from the Frogman Corps was deployed aboard the ship.^[1]^[2]

In 2009 the ship served as staff ship for the NATO Mine Countermeasure Group 1.

HDMS *Thetis* (F357) dockside in Odense Harbour. December 2006

References

^ "Dansk fregat klar til indsats mod pirater". www.nordjyske.dk (in Danish). 2008-02-04. Archived from the original on 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
^ "Dansk skib skal holde pirater væk - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). 2008-01-09. Retrieved 2021-11-28.

External links

Media related to IMO 3993600 at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Dansk fregat klar til indsats mod pirater". www.nordjyske.dk (in Danish). 2008-02-04. Archived from the original on 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2021-11-28.

[2] "Dansk skib skal holde pirater væk - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). 2008-01-09. Retrieved 2021-11-28.

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