LNS Dzūkas | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Hajen |
| Namesake | Shark in Danish |
| Builder | Danyard A/S, Frederikshavn |
| Laid down | February 1988 |
| Launched | 6 August 1989 |
| Commissioned | 19 August 1990 |
| Decommissioned | 23 January 2009 |
| Identification | Hull number: P551 |
| Fate | Sold to Lithuania |
| Name | Dzūkas |
| Namesake | Dzūkija region |
| Commissioned | 2009 |
| Identification | |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics [1][2][3] | |
| Class & type | Flyvefisken-classpatrol vessel |
| Displacement | 400 tonnes (394 long tons) |
| Length | 54 m (177 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 9 m (29 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 3.60 m (11 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) with gas turbine) |
| Range | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km) |
| Boats & landingcraft carried | 1x RHIB |
| Complement | 19 to 29 |
| Sensors &processing systems | |
| Armament |
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LNS Dzūkas (P 12) (ex-HDMS Hajen (P551)) is a former patrol boat of the Royal Danish Navy. Since 2009 she is in service with the Lithuanian Navy.
She is the second ship in the Flyvefisken class, which is also known as the Standardflex 300 or SF300 class. She was laid down in February 1988, launched on 6 August 1989, with the commissioning taking place on 19 August 1990.
In 2009, Hajen was sold to the Lithuanian Navy, which renamed her Dzūkas. After a refit she was commissioned into the navy later that same year.