Ocean patrol vessel HDMS Triton (F 358)

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Basic information

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MMSI number:
219523000

Ship measurements

Displacement:
3,500 t
Length:
112.3 m
Beam:
14.4 m
Draft:
6 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
Propulsion:
  • 3 * MAN B&W 12v28/32A-D at 2,940 kW (3,943 hp) diesel engines
  • 3 * Detroit GM 16V 7163-7305 at 480 kW (640 hp) diesel-generators
  • 1 * Detroit 6L-71N 1063-7005 at 120 kW (160 hp) (EMG) diesel-generator
  • 1 * shaft
  • 1 * Brunvoll azimuth thruster (800 kW)
  • 1 * electrical Brunvoll bow thruster (600 kW)
Speed:
21.8 knots
Range:
8,700 nmi at 15 kn

Personnel

Complement:
60
Ship's company:
52
Air wing:
8

Combat assets

Boats & landing craft:
  • 2 * 7 m (23 ft) RHIBs
Electronics:
  • 1 * Terma Scanter Mil 009 navigational radar
  • 1 * Furuno FR-1505 DA surface search radar
  • 1 * Plessey AWS-6 air search radar
  • 1 * SaabTech Vectronics 9LV 200 Mk 3 fire control system
  • 1 * SaabTech CTS-36 hull-mounted sonar
  • Thales TMS 2640 Salmon variable depth sonar
  • FLIR Systems AN/AAQ-22 SAFIRE thermal imager
  • 1 * Thales Defense Ltd Cutlass radar warning receiver
  • 1 * Thales Defense Scorpion radar jammer
  • 2 * Sea Gnat launchers (for chaff and flares)
Armament:
  • 1 * 76 mm 62-cal. OTO Melara Super Rapid DP
  • 7 * 12.7 mm heavy machine guns
  • 4 * 7.62 mm light machine guns
  • 1 * depth charge rack and MU90 Advanced Lightweight Torpedo for anti-submarine warfare
Aircraft:
  • 1 * Westland Lynx Mk.90B helicopter.From approx. 2016: MH-60R

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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