HDMS Vædderen (F359)
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HDMS (Her Danish Majesty´s Ship) Vædderen is an Offshore patrol vessel belonging to the Royal Danish Navy. She is being used to exercise the Danish sovereignty over the waters around the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
- Class: Thetis
- Ship Number: F359
- Type: Offshore patrol vessel
- Laid down: March 22, 1990
- Launched: December 21, 1990
- Enter Service: June 9, 1992
- Manpower: 61
- Length: 112.5 m
- Width: 14.5 m
- Draught: 6 m
- Built by: Svendborg Shipyard Ltd.
- Int'l Call Sign: OUEW
- Displacement: 3,500 tons
- Main armament: 1 x 76mm automatic gun
Other ships in her class:
- HDMS Thetis (F357) (HDMS = Her Danish Majesty´s Ship)
- HDMS Triton (F358)
- HDMS Hvidbjørnen (F360)
The Vædderen was recently refitted at Karstensens Shipyard A/S in Skagen, Denmark and sailed from Amailiehaven, Copenhagen in August 2006 on the Galathea 3 scientific expedition.
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