Royal Danish Navy / Kongelige Danske Marine - Offshore Patrol Frigate

F 340  -  HDMS Beskytteren

 

 

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Type, Class:

 

unique unit

Builder:

 

Aalborg Shipyard, Aalborg, Denmark

STATUS:

 

Laid down: December 11, 1974

Launched: May 29, 1975

Commissioned: February 27, 1976

Decommissioned: November 21, 2000

    

Fate: donated to the Estonian Navy

renamed Admiral Pitka (A 230)

in service 2000-2013

returned to Denmark / finally scrapped in 2014

Homeport:

 

-

Namesake:

 

Beskytteren - Danish for ‘The Patron’

Ship’s Motto:

 

-

Technical Data:

 

Displacement: 1970 tons (full load)

Lenght: 74,7 meters

Beam: 12,2 meters

Draft: 5,3 meters

Speed: 18,5 knots (34 km/h)

Propulsion: 3 B&W Alpha Mk 16 V23LU diesel engines (7450 hp)

1 shaft / 1 propeller / 1 bow thruster

Range: 6000 NM (11100 km) at 13 knots (24 km/h)

Crew: up to 60

Aviation: helicopter deck

Armament:

 

1 x 76mm gun

2 x 12,7mm (caliber .50) MG

1 x depth charge rack

 

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HDMS Beskytteren (F 340):

 

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