F-357 Thetis

Country:  Denmark

Class, [Type]: Thetis, [PS].

Builder: Svendborg Skibsværft, Svendborg, Denmark.

Launch date: 14 July 1989.

Commission date: 01 July 1991.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.600, 3.500 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 112,5 x 14,4 x 6

Main machinery: 3 x MAN B&W diesel 12v28/32A-D.

Speed ( knots ): 21,5.

Range ( miles ): 8.700 at 15 knots.

Complement: 52 ( 9 officers ).

Guns:  1 x OTO Melara 76mm/62 Super Rapid, 7 x 12,7mm, 4 x 7,62mm.

Missiles:  SAM: ? X Stinger.

Torpedoes: Carries MU90 torpedoes.

Mines: 1 x depth charges rack.

Radar: Air Search: 1 x Plessey AWS-6; Surface Search: 1 x Furuno FR-1505 DA; Navigation: 1 x Terma Scanter Mil 009; Fire Control: 1 x SaabTech Vectronics 9LV 200 Mk3.

Sonar: C-Tech CTS-36, hull mounted, Thales TMS 2640 Salmon VDS.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Sea Gnat launchers ( chaff and flares ); ESM: Thales Cutlass ( intercept ); ECM: Thales Scorpion (jammer).

Helicopter: 1 x Lynx Mk 90B.

Callsign: OUEU ()

Comment: Have ice-reinforced hull, capable of breaking through 80cm of solid ice.

Homeport: Frederikshavn.

Unit: 1st Squadron.