HDMS (Her Danish Majesty's Ship) ''Vædderen'' (F359) is a
''Thetis''-class ocean patrol vessel of the
Royal Danish Navy. She is employed to exercise Danish sovereignty in waters around the
Faroe Islands and
Greenland.
''Vædderen'' (Aries) was recently refitted at Karstensens Shipyard A/S in Skagen, Denmark and sailed from
Amailiehaven,
Copenhagen in August 2006 on the
Galathea 3 scientific expedition. Galathea 3 is now complete and ''Vædderen'' is back in service as an inspection ship.
In August 2010 ''Vædderen'' and
HDMS ''Knud Rasmussen participated in the fourth annual
Operation Nanook 2010
Operation Nanook (OP NANOOK; french: Opération Nanook) is an annual sovereignty operation and manoeuvre warfare exercise conducted by the Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic. Sovereignty patrols in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and northern Ca ...
with Canadian and American vessels in
Baffin Bay
Baffin Bay ( Inuktitut: ''Saknirutiak Imanga''; kl, Avannaata Imaa; french: Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Arct ...
and the
Davis Straits.
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References
External links
The official Galathea 3 expeditions homepage.Jyllands-Posten´s Galathea 3 site
Thetis-class ocean patrol vessels
Ships built in Svendborg
1990 ships
Frigates of the Royal Danish Navy
Research vessels of Denmark
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