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|Ship image          =[[Image:HDMS Vaedderen (F359).jpg|300px|HDMS Vædderen (F359) in the Atlantic, March 2008]]
|Ship caption        = HDMS ''Vædderen'' (F359) in the Atlantic, March 2008
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|Ship country=Kingdom of Denmark
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Denmark|naval}}
|Ship name           = ''Vædderen''
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|Ship builder        = Svendborg Shipyard Ltd.
|Ship laid down      = March 22, 1990
|Ship launched       = December 21, 1990
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|Ship in service     = June 9, 1992
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|Ship identification = *{{MMSI Number|219524000}}
*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: OUEW
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|Ship badge          = [[File:Ship's badge for Vædderen (F359).svg|50px]]
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|Ship class          = {{sclass|Thetis|ocean patrol vessel|0}} [[frigate]]
|Ship displacement   = 3,500 tons
|Ship length         = {{convert|112.5|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam           = {{convert|14.5|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship draft          = {{convert|6|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship complement     = 61
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|Ship armament       = *1 x [[OTO Melara 76 mm|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 Impact|MU90]] Advanced Lightweight Torpedo for anti-submarine warfare
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|Ship aircraft       = 1 × [[Westland Lynx]] Mk90B.  From approx. 2016: MH-60R
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'''HDMS (Her Danish Majesty's Ship) ''Vædderen'' (F359)''' is a [[Thetis class ocean patrol vessels|''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 expeditions#Third expedition|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 (P570)|HDMS ''Knud Rasmussen'']] participated in the fourth annual [[Operation Nanook 2010]] with Canadian and American vessels in [[Baffin Bay]] and the [[Davis Straits]].<ref name=CanadianArmedForces2010-08>
{{cite news
 |url         = http://www.canadacom.forces.gc.ca/daily/archive-nanook10-eng.asp
 |title       = Canada Command - OP Nanook
 |publisher   = [[Canadian Forces]]
 |date        = August 2010
 |accessdate  = 2010-09-22
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20101130083856/http://www.canadacom.forces.gc.ca/daily/archive-nanook10-eng.asp
 |archivedate = 2010-11-30
}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite news
 |url         = https://www.flickr.com/photos/ninth_cg_district/5011733834/
 |title       = 100816-G-4702D-012 Operation Nanook
 |publisher   = Ninth District Public Affairs, US Coast Guard
 |accessdate  = 2010-09-22
 |url-status     = live
 |archiveurl  = https://www.webcitation.org/5swDTrTFB?url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/ninth_cg_district/5011733834/
 |archivedate = 2010-09-22
}}
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==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060819020022/http://www.galathea3.dk/uk The official Galathea 3 expeditions homepage.]
* [http://viden.jp.dk/galathea/ Jyllands-Posten´s Galathea 3 site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212032014/http://viden.jp.dk/galathea/ |date=2007-12-12 }}

{{Thetis class frigate}}

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[[Category:Thetis-class ocean patrol vessels]]
[[Category:Ships built in Svendborg]]
[[Category:1990 ships]]
[[Category:Frigates of the Royal Danish Navy]]
[[Category:Research vessels of Denmark]]


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