P-560 Ravnen

Country:  Denmark

Class, [Type]: Flyvefisken, [PTG].

Builder: Danyard A/S, Aalborg, Denmark.

Launch date: 20 November 1993.

Commission date: 07 October 1994.

Displacement ( tons ): 450 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 54 x 9 x 2,5

Main machinery: CODAG: 1 x GE LM 500 gas turbine ( 5.450 hp ), 2 x MTU 16V 396 TB94 diesels ( 5.800 hp ), 1 x GM 12V-71 diesel ( 500 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 30, 20 on diesels, 10 on hydraulic propulsion.

Range ( miles ): 2.400 at 18 knots.

Complement: 19 - 29 ( depending on role ).

Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 76mm/62 Super Rapid, 2 x 12,7mm.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x McDonnell Douglas Harpoon; SAM: 6 x Sea Sparrow, from 3 x Mk 48 VLS Mod 0 twin launchers.

Torpedoes: 2 x 533mm tubes for FFV Type 613 torpedoes.

Mines: 60, minelaying only.

Radar: Air/Surface: Plessey AWS 6, G band or Telefunken System Technik TRS-3D, G/H bands; Surface search: Terma Scanter Mil, I band; Navigation: Furuno, I band; Fire Control: Celsius Tech 9LV 200, J band.

Sonar: Celsius Tech CTS-36, hull mounted, active search, high frequency; Thomson Sintra TSM 2640 Salmon; VDS, medium frequency. For ASW only.

Countermeasures: MCMV: Ibis 43 minehunting system with Thomson Sintra 2061 tactical system and 2054 sidescan sonar towed by SAV. Bofors Double Eagle ROV. Minehunting only; Decoys: 2 x Sea Gnat launcher for chaff and flares; ESM: Racal Sabre, radar warning.

Callsign: OVDK ()

Comment: GRP hulls. These ships have been designed to perform various different tasks, they can perform Attack, MCM, Minelaying, Patrol, Pollution Control or Hidrographic. They have four positions prepared to plug in armament and equipment containers in combinations meeting the requirements of the various roles. Only a few hours are needed to change the configuration of the ship.

Similar units:

 P562 Viben