Danish Off Shore Patrol Frigate, F359 VÆDDEREN (Aries or Ram). Flådestation Frederikshavn.
Foto: K.B.Andreasen

Specifications:

Built by: Svendborg Shipyard Ltd.

Laid down: November 8, 1988

Launched: July 14, 1989

Commissioned: July 1, 1991

Decommissioned: In active service

Displacement: 3,500 tons

Dimensions:
Length: (LOA) 112.30 m
(LWL) 99.75 m
Beam: 14.4 m
Draught: 6.0 m

Complement: 61 men (+ accommodation for 12 "passengers")

Propulsion: 3 ea MAN-B&W Diesel Engines, 13,000 Hp.
1 ea Bowthruster 884 Hp.
1 ea Azimuth Thruster 1,088 Hp.
1 ea Reversible Propeller

Speed: 21.5 knots

Range: 8,500 nm at 15.5 knots

Armament: 1 ea 76 mm Gun Mk M/85 LvSa
2 ea 37 mm Gun (salute)
4 ea 12.7 mm Heavy Machine Gun M/01 LvSa
1 ea Depth Charge Launcher

After 2003 additional: 4 ea Stinger Lv M/93 (2x2)

Helicopter: 1 ea Westland Lynx Mk. 80/91