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HDMS Thetis
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Class overview | |
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Name | Thetis class |
Builders | Svendborg Skibsværft |
Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | Hvidbjørnen class |
In commission | 1991–present |
Planned | 4 |
Completed | 4 |
Active | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ocean patrol frigates[2][3] |
Displacement | 3,500 tons, standard |
Length | 112.3 m (368 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 14.4 m (47 ft 3 in) |
Height | 37.0 m (121 ft 5 in) |
Draft | 6.0 m (19 ft 8 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 21.8 knots (40.4 km/h) |
Range | 8,700 nmi (16,112 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
Endurance | 60 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 x 7 m (23 ft) RHIBs |
Complement | 47-60 depending on role + aircrew etc. |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 x Sikorsky MH-60R helicopter[1] |
Aviation facilities | Aft helicopter deck and hangar |
The Thetis-class ocean patrol vessels or ocean patrol frigates,[2][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.