HDMS (Her Danish Majesty's Ship) ''Vædderen'' (F359) is a ''Thetis''-class ocean patrol vessel of the

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. She is employed to exercise Danish sovereignty in waters around the

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and

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. ''Vædderen'' (Aries) was recently refitted at Karstensens Shipyard A/S in Skagen, Denmark and sailed from Amailiehaven,

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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 with Canadian and American vessels in

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and the Davis Straits. In June 2025, Vædderen represented the Danish in Operation Cutlass Fury, a biennial anti-submarine warfare exercise alongside the American,

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, and Royal Canadian navies, off the coast of

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. After the excercise ended, she docked in Halifax to participate in the city's coinciding international fleet week, and was one of three ships doing ship tours for civilians.

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 {{Denmark-mil-ship-stub