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ÆGIR patrols (1968-1975)


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Ægir 1969

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Ægir     Ålborg Vaerft, Denmark   5.1967 6/1968 in service (2019)
Týr     Dannebrog Vaerft, Århus, Denmark   10.10.1974 15.3.1975 in service (2019)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

1150
Displacement full, t

1500
Length, m

Ægir: 62.2 pp 69.8 oa

Týr: 62.2 pp 70.9 oa
Breadth, m

10.0
Draught, m

5.02
No of shafts

2
Machinery

2 MAN R8V40/54 diesels
Power, h. p.

8600
Max speed, kts

20
Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)

10000(19)
Armament

1 x 1 - 57/40 Mk 6, 1 helicopter (Alouette?)
Electronic equipment

Ægir: 2x nav. radars

Týr: 2x nav. radars, Simrad sonar
Complement

22


Standard scale images


<i>Týr </i>2010
Týr 2010


Graphics


<i>Ægir </i>1969
Ægir 1969
<i>Týr </i>1980
Týr 1980
<i>Ægir </i>1997
Ægir 1997


Project history

Although built 10 years apart, these two ships are nearly identical.

Modernizations

1989-1990, both: - 1 x 1 - 57/40; + 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, RIB with articulating crane for handling

1994, both: - 2x nav. radars; + Sperry Rasterscan, AWS-6 radars

1997, both: helicopter deck was extended (for the using of Dauphin II helicopter), hull beneath it was plated

Naval service

No significant events.