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Marine - Ocean Patrol Frigate F 360 HDMS Hvidbjornen |
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class: Ocean Patrol Frigate / Thetis
class (Danish: Inspektionsskibet = inspection ship) Builder: Svendborg Shipyard, Denmark STATUS: Laid down: January 7, 1991 Launched: October 11, 1991 Commissioned: November 30, 1992 IN SERVICE Homeport: ? Namesake: Hvidbjørnen - Danish for Polar Bear Technical Data: see INFO > Thetis class Ocean Patrol Frigate |
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HDMS Hvidbjornen (F 360): HDMS Hvidbjørnen served as a platform for Commander Danish Task Group from 1998 to 2002, whereafter her sister ship HDMS Thetis (F 357) assumed the role. During a patrol in the waters of the Faroe Islands, the French trawler Bruix was suspected of illegal fishing. When approached by Hvidbjørnen the French trawler refused to let an inspection team aboard and started to sail towards the territorial border. During the chase the two ships collided (no persons injured). Hvidbjørnen and HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen (P 571) participated with Danish air elements in sovereignty and Search and Rescue exercises off Greenland's west coast in 2009. The vessels' patrol took them to the Nares Strait, close to Hans Island, the approaches to the Northwest Passage, and to Lancaster Sound. In Lancaster Sound they joined in a Search and Rescue exercise with the Canadian Coast Guard vessel, CCGS Henry Larsen. |
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Hvidbjørnen The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the largest extant bear species. |
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