HDMS Olfert Fischer (F355)

HDMS Olfert Fischer in 2003
History
Denmark
Name	Olfert Fischer
Namesake	Olfert Fischer
Builder	Aalborg Værft, in Aalborg, Denmark
Laid down	6 December 1978
Launched	12 January 1980
Commissioned	16 October 1981
Decommissioned	18 August 2009
Identification	MMSI number: 219520000 Callsign: OUES
Fate	Scrapped in 2013
General characteristics
Class and type	Niels Juel-class corvette
Displacement	1,100 tons standard 1,320 tons full load
Length	84 m (275 ft 7 in) between perpendiculars 88 m (288 ft 9 in) overall
Beam	10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
Draught	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	CODOG: 1 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine (25,700 shp; 19,200 kW) 1 × MTU 20V956 TB82 diesel engine (4,800 bhp; 3,600 kW) 2 × controllable pitch propellers
Speed	26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) maximum 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) on diesel alone
Range	800 nmi (1,500 km; 920 mi) at 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	18 officers, 73 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	Radar: 2 × Terma Scanter Mil 009 navigational 1 × EADS TRS-3D air search 1 × CelsiusTech 9GR 600 surface search 1 × CelsiusTech 9 LV 200 gun fire control 1 × General Dynamics Mk 95 missile fire control Sonar: Plessey PMS-26
Electronic warfare & decoys	Rascall Cutlass B-1 intercept Telgon HFD/F 4 × 6-round Seagnat Mk 36 chaff launchers
Armament	1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun 8 × RGM-84C Harpoon SSM launchers (2 quad mountings) 1 × Mod 3 VLS Sea Sparrow SAM launcher (12 missiles) 2 × FIM-92A Stinger SAM launchers 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns 7 × 12.7 mm M/01 LvSa[citation needed] machine guns 1 × Mk 3 Depth charge launcher
Notes	Taken from:[1]
Service record
Part of:	2. Squadron, 21st Division, KDM
Operations:	Gulf War (1991) Iraq War (2003)

HDMS Olfert Fischer (F355) was a Niels Juel-class corvette of the Kongelige Danske Marine (Royal Danish Navy, KDM). The vessel was laid down in December 1978 and commissioned in October 1981. The corvette operated in the Persian Gulf on two occasions, first in 1990 and 1991 as part of the multinational fleet enforcing the United Nations sanctions against Iraq, then again in 2003 in support of the United States-led invasion of Iraq. Olfert Fischer was deployed as part of the NATO Standing Naval Force Atlantic (and its successor, the Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 1) on at least four occasions during her career.

Olfert Fischer and her two sister ships were decommissioned in August 2009 and scrapped in 2013. They were replaced by vessels of the Iver Huitfeldt class.