HDMS Triton (F358)
HDMS Triton (F358) | |
History | |
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Denmark | |
Name: | Triton |
Owner: | Royal Danish Navy |
Builder: | Svendborg Shipyard Ltd |
Laid down: | 7 August 1989 |
Launched: | 16 March 1990 |
Commissioned: | 2 December 1991 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Thetis-class frigate |
Displacement: | 3,500 tons |
Complement: | 61 |
Armament: |
1 x 76-mm 62-cal. OTO Melara Super Rapid DP 7 x 12.7 mm heavy machine guns 4 x 7.62 mm light machine guns 1 x depth charge rack and MU90 Advanced Lightweight Torpedo for anti-submarine warfare |
Aircraft carried: | 1 × Westland Lynx Mk90B. From approx. 2016: MH-60R |
Notes: | Int'l Call Sign: OUEV |
HDMS Triton is a Thetis-class frigate belonging to the Royal Danish Navy. It is being used to exercise the Danish sovereignty over the waters around Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
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