HDMS Thetis (F357)
 HDMS Thetis dockside in Souda Bay, Crete. January 2008
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| History | |
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 Kingdom of Denmark | |
| Name | Thetis |
| Laid down | 10 October 1988 |
| Launched | 14 July 1989 |
| In service | 1 July 1991 |
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| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
| Type | Off Shore Patrol Frigates |
| Displacement | 3,500 tons full load |
| 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) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | >21.8 knots (40.4 km/h; 25.1 mph) |
| Range | 8.700 nautical miles (16.112 km; 10.012 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Endurance | 60 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 7m RHIBs |
| Complement | 52 + aircrew and transients (accommodation for up to 101 in total) |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 Westland Lynx Mk.90B helicopter.From approx. 2016: MH-60R |
| Aviation facilities | Aft helicopter deck and hangar |
HDMS Thetis is a Thetis-class ocean patrol vessel belonging to the Royal Danish Navy.
In mid-1990s the ship served as a platform for seismic operations in the waters near Greenland. In 2002 she took over the role from her sister ship Hvidbjørnen as a platform for Commander Danish Task Group. The role was handed over to Absalon in September 2007. From February - April 2008 Thetis served as a protection vessel for the World Food Programme chartered ships, carrying food aid, off the Horn of Africa. In 2009 the ship served as staff ship for the NATO Mine Countermeasure Group 1.
External links
Media related to F357 Thetis (ship, 1991) at Wikimedia Commons
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