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Royal Danish Navy / Kongelige Danske
Marine - Ocean Patrol Frigate F 358 HDMS Triton |
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class: Ocean Patrol Frigate / Thetis
class (Danish: Inspektionsskibet = inspection ship) Builder: Svendborg Shipyard, Denmark STATUS: Laid down: August 7, 1989 Launched: March 16, 1990 Commissioned: December 2, 1991 IN SERVICE Homeport: ? Namesake: Triton (mythology) Technical Data: see INFO > Thetis class Ocean Patrol Frigate |
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HDMS Triton (F 358): In March-April 1992 the ship visited the USA and the former Danish West Indies on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the sale of the islands to the USA. On June 15, 1992, Triton participated in a parade in the Oresund to celebrate the Regent couple's silver wedding. In 1995, Triton visited New York again. On 19 December 2006, HDMS Triton participated in the rescue operation of the crew of the cargo ship Wilson Muuga after it ran aground south of Sandgerði on the Reykjanes peninsula. During the operation, eight sailors from the Triton went into the sea after their rigid inflatable boat overturned in rough seas. Seven of the men where rescued by Icelandic Coast Guard helicopter TF-LIF (an Aérospatiale AS-332L1 Super Puma) while one died. |
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Triton ... is a Greek god of the sea, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, god and goddess of the sea respectively. Triton lived with his parents, in a golden palace on the bottom of the sea. Later he was often depicted as having a conch shell he would blow like a trumpet. Triton is usually represented as a merman, with the upper body of a human and the tailed lower body of a fish. At some time during the Greek and Roman era, Triton(s) became a generic term for a merman (mermen) in art and literature. In English literature, Triton is portrayed as the messenger or herald for the god Poseidon. Triton of Lake Tritonis of Ancient Libya is a namesake mythical figure that appeared and aided the Argonauts. source: wikipedia |
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