| Laid down | March 08, 1986
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| Released | November 15, 1986
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| Admitted to active service | November 09, 1988
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| Missions |
responsible for evaluating future mine detection systems.
The majority of the ship's activity is the experimentation of underwater drones, and other missions can be entrusted to it:
command of a group of mine hunters,
minelayer,
support of a group of clearance divers,
guiding convoys in coastal areas.
Thetis mine warfare experiment building
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| Length | 59 meters
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| Width | 10.90 meters
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| Draft | 3.80 meters
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| Displacement | 900 tonnes
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| Displacement fully loaded | 1050 tonnes
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| Speed | 15 knots
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| Coverable distance | 6,000 nautical miles at 12 knots
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| Propulsion |
2 SACM-Wärtsilä UD 30 V 16 M Diesel engines
2500hp (1840 kW)
2 propellers with adjustable blades
+ 1 bow thruster of 200hp
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| Electronic equipment |
1 Racal-Decca radar
1 TSM 2022 Mk 3 towed mine-hunting sonar on board a Double Eagle underwater vehicle
1 Redermor sonar for future mine action buildings
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| Armament | 2 machine guns of 12.7 mm
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| Crew | 2 officers + 36 men (+10 technicians)
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| | Fourteen vessels have already borne the name of Thetis, including
A vessel (1696-1705)
A vessel (1705-1711)
A frigate (1722-1730)
A frigate (1750-1773)
A frigate (1788-1808)
A corvette (1793-1795)
A frigate (1814-1865)
A corvette (1865-1895)
A submarine (1923-1943)
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