Thetis-class patrol vessel

HDMS Thetis
Class overview
NameThetis class
BuildersSvendborg Skibsværft
Operators Royal Danish Navy
Preceded byHvidbjørnen class
In commission1991–present
Planned4
Completed4
Active4
General characteristics
TypeOcean patrol frigates[1][2]
Displacement3,500 tons, standard
Length112.3 m (368 ft 5 in)
Beam14.4 m (47 ft 3 in)
Height37.0 m (121 ft 5 in)
Draft6.0 m (19 ft 8 in)
Installed power
  • 3 × Detroit Diesel GM 16V 7163-7305 at 480 kW (640 hp)
  • 1 × Detroit Diesel 6L-71N 1063-7005 at 120 kW (160 hp) (EMG)
Propulsion
Speed21.8 knots (40.4 km/h)
Range8,700 nmi (16,112 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Endurance60 days
Boats & landing
craft carried
2 x 7 m (23 ft) RHIBs
Complement47-60 depending on role + aircrew etc.
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × Terma Scanter Mil 009 navigational radar
  • 1 × Furuno FR-1505 DA surface search radar
  • 1 × Terma SCANTER 4103 air & surface search radar
  • 1 × SaabTech Vectronics 9LV 200 Mk 3 fire control system
  • 1 × SaabTech CTS-36 hull-mounted sonar
  • FLIR Systems AN/AAQ-22 SAFIRE thermal imager
Armament
Aircraft carried1 x Sikorsky MH-60R helicopter[3]
Aviation facilitiesAft helicopter deck and hangar

The Thetis-class ocean patrol vessels or ocean patrol frigates,[1][4] also called Stanflex 3000, is a class of large patrol vessels built for the Royal Danish Navy. The class comprises four ships, all built and commissioned in the early 1990s. The ships' tasks are mainly maintenance of sovereignty, search and rescue, fishery inspection and support to local (mainly Greenlandic) authorities. The operation areas are normally Greenland and the Faroe Islands, but the vessels also operate near Iceland on transit between Greenland and the Faroe Islands, and near Denmark.

  1. ^ a b "Thetis Class, Denmark". naval-technology.com. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Thetis / Stanflex 3000". GlobalSecurity.org. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Structure of the Air Force". Danish Defence. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. ^ Royal Danish Navy: Ocean Patrol Vessels, THETIS-class