HDMS Vædderen (F359)

	HDMS Vædderen (F359) in the Atlantic, March 2008
History
Kingdom of Denmark
Name	Vædderen
Builder	Svendborg Shipyard Ltd.
Laid down	March 22, 1990
Launched	December 21, 1990
In service	June 9, 1992
Identification	MMSI number: 219524000; Callsign: OUEW;
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General characteristics
Class and type	Thetis-class frigate
Displacement	3,500 tons
Length	112.5 m (369 ft)
Beam	14.5 m (48 ft)
Draft	6 m (20 ft)
Complement	61
Armament	1 x 76-mm 62-cal. OTO Melara Super Rapid DP; 7 x 12.7 mm heavy machine guns; 4 x 7.62 mm light machine guns; 1 x depth charge rack and MU90 Advanced Lightweight Torpedo for anti-submarine warfare;
Aircraft carried	1 × Westland Lynx Mk90B. From approx. 2016: MH-60R

HDMS (Her Danish Majesty's Ship) Vædderen (F359) is a Thetis-class ocean patrol vessel of the Royal Danish Navy. She is employed to exercise Danish sovereignty in waters around the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

Vædderen (Aries) was recently refitted at Karstensens Shipyard A/S in Skagen, Denmark and sailed from Amailiehaven, Copenhagen in August 2006 on the Galathea 3 scientific expedition. Galathea 3 is now complete and Vædderen is back in service as an inspection ship.

In August 2010 Vædderen and HDMS Knud Rasmussen participated in the fourth annual Operation Nanook 2010 with Canadian and American vessels in Baffin Bay and the Davis Straits.[1][2]

Lateral view

References

"Canada Command - OP Nanook". Canadian Forces. August 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
"100816-G-4702D-012 Operation Nanook". Ninth District Public Affairs, US Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2010-09-22.

External links

The official Galathea 3 expeditions homepage.
Jyllands-Posten´s Galathea 3 site Archived 2007-12-12 at the Wayback Machine

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[CanadianArmedForces2010-08-1] "Canada Command - OP Nanook". Canadian Forces. August 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2010-09-22.

[2] "100816-G-4702D-012 Operation Nanook". Ninth District Public Affairs, US Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2010-09-22.