Flyvefisken Class Patrol Ship

The Flyvefisken class patrol vessels are warships of the Royal Danish Navy. The class is also known as the Standard Flex 300 or SF300 class.

The Flyvefisken ships were constructed using an innovative modular design known as StanFlex: they have a standard hull in which containerised weapons or systems can be placed. This allows them to rapidly change roles, typically in 48 hours. This enables the ships to be configured to perform the following roles:

Surveillance/pollution control

Combat

Mine countermeasures/minehunter (MCM)

Minelayer

Ships of the class  

P550 Flyvefisken

P551 Hajen

P552 Havkatten

P553 Laxen

P554 Makrelen

P555 Støren

P556 Sværdfisken 

P557 Glenten

P558 Gribben

P560 Ravnen

P561 Skaden

P562 Viben

P563 Søløven

Hdms Laxen is seen here arriving Leith

Sailing down the Firth of Clyde

Hdms's Skaden, Raven and Glenten alongside in Leith

Niels Juel Class Frigates

The Niels Juel Class were made up from a three ship class of corvettes, They were in service with the Royal Danish Navy from 1978 until 2009. They were built in Aalborg Shipyard in Denmark and were launched in the period 1978-1980. In 1998-2000 the three vessels had a mid-life update, as well as a large update on the electrical systems.

The three ships were named HDMS Niels Juel (F354) (nicknamed NIJU), HDMS Olfert Fischer (F355) (nicknamed OLFI) and HDMS Peter Tordenskiold (F356) (nicknamed PETO). All three vessels were named after famous Danish Admirals, with the debatabale exception of Peter Tordenskjold, a Norwegian-born officer who served during the personal union of Norway and Denmark from 1415 to 1814.

The ships were scheduled for replacement by the Ivar Huitfeldt class frigates.

HDMS Peter Tordenskjold is seen here making her last foreign port visit (Leith, Edinburgh) before heading back home to pay off.

Hdms Olfert Fischer seen here arriving in Leith

On the berth

Hdms Esbern Snare

HDMS Esbern Snare (L17) and her sister ship HDMS Absalon (L16) are the biggest ships ever in the Royal Danish Navy are the two members of the Absalon Class command and support ships.

The ships are the first signs of the changes taking place in the Royal Danish Navy. The primary objective for the Royal Danish Navy will in the future be international operations, and these two ships will be the backbone of these operations. The ships are primarily designed for command and support roles, with a large ro-ro deck, while the planned three new Ivar Huitfeldt Class Frigate will be equipped for a fighting role, and the possibility to use Tomahawk cruise missiles, a first for the Danish Navy. The new frigates will be very similar to the Absalon-class vessels, but without the large ro/ro deck. The frigates reached operational status in 2010 and 2011, and have replacing the Niels Juel class corvettes.

The two ships in the Absalon-class received full operational status in 2007.

She is seen here unloading her cargo in Leith on the 10th May 2009.  I counted 34 trucks off loaded.

Thetis Class Frigate

The Thetis class patrol frigate also called Stanflex 3000, is a class of large patrol vessels built for the Royal Danish Navy. The class comprises four ships, all built and commissioned in the early 1990s. The ships' tasks are mainly maintenance of sovereignty, search and rescue, fishery inspection and support to local (mainly Greenlandic) authorities. The operation areas are normally Greenland and Faroe Islands, but the vessels also operate near Iceland en-transit between Greenland and the Faroe Islands and near Denmark.

The crew line up for a photo opportunity

 

The Danish frigate Triton seen here departing Leith 8 February 2010.

Hdms Thetis is seen here alongside in Leith