HDMS Olfert Fischer (F355)

HDMS Olfert Fischer in 2003
History
Denmark
Name:	Olfert Fischer
Namesake:	Olfert Fischer
Builder:	Aalborg Værft, in Aalborg, Denmark
Laid down:	6 December 1978
Launched:	12 January 1980
Commissioned:	16 October 1981
Decommissioned:	18 August 2009
Status:	Awaiting disposal
General characteristics
Class and type:	Niels Juel-class corvette
Displacement:	1,100 tons standard 1,320 tons full load
Length:	84 m (276 ft) between perpendiculars 88 ft (27 m) overall
Beam:	10.3 m (34 ft)
Draught:	4.8 m (16 ft)
Propulsion:	CODOG: 1 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine (25,700 shp) 1 × MTU 20V956 TB82 diesel (4,800 bhp) 2 × CP propellers
Speed:	26 knots (48 km/h) maximum 20 knots (37 km/h) on diesel alone
Range:	800 nautical miles (1,500 km) at 28 knots (52 km/h) 2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:	18 officers, 73 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems:	Radar: 2 × Terma Scanter Mil 009 navigational 1 × EADS TRS-3D air search 1 × CelsiusTech 9GR 600 surface search 1 × CelsiusTech 9 LV 200 gun fire control 1 × General Dynamics Mk 95 missile fire control Sonar: Plessey PMS-26
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Rascall Cutlass B-1 intercept Telgon HFD/F 4 × 6-round Seagnat Mk 36 chaff launchers
Armament:	1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun 8 × RGM-84C Harpoon SSM launchers (2 quad mountings) 1 × Mod 3 VLS Sea Sparrow SAM launcher (12 missiles) 2 × FIM-92A Stinger SAM launchers 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns 7 × 12.7 mm M/01 LvSa machine guns 1 × Mk 3 Depth charge launcher
Notes:	Taken from:
Service record
Part of:	2. Squadron, 21st Division, KDM
Operations:	Gulf War (1991) Iraq War (2003)

HDMS Olfert Fischer (F355) is a Niels Juel-class corvette of the Kongelige Danske Marine (Royal Danish Navy, KDM).

Laid down in December 1978 and commissioned in October 1981, the corvette operated in the Persian Gulf on two occasions, first in 1990 and 1991 as part of the multinational fleet enforcing the United Nations sanctions against Iraq, then again in 2003 in support of the United States-led invasion of Iraq. Olfert Fischer was deployed as part of the NATO Standing Naval Force Atlantic (and its successor, the Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 1) on at least four occasions during her career.

Olfert Fischer and her two sister ships were decommissioned in August 2009, and are awaiting disposal. The corvette is to be replaced by a Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate

The corvettes are fitted with an Otobreda 76 mm main gun, two quad RGM-84C Harpoon Surface-to-surface missile (SSM) launchers, a Mod 3 VLS Sea Sparrow Surface-to-air missile (SAM) launcher carrying 12 missiles, two FIM-92A Stinger SAM launchers, two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns, seven 12.7 mm M/01 LvSa machine guns, and a Mark 3 Depth charge launcher.

Olfert Fischer's radar suite consists of two Terma Scanter Mil 009 units for navigation, an EADS TRS-3D air search unit, and a CelsiusTech 9GR 600 surface search unit.Fire control is provided by a CelsiusTech 9 LV 200 gun radar, and a General Dynamics Mk 95 missile radar. She is fitted with a Plessey PMS-26 hull-mounted sonar. The corvette is fitted with a Rascall Cutlass B-1 intercept unit, a Telgon HFD/F unit, and four 6-round Seagnat Mk 36 chaff launchers.