The BESKYTTEREN promoted to Admiral
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The fishery protection ship HDMS BESKYTTEREN was donated to Estonia at a ceremony 21. November 2000. At the same occation HDMS BESKYTTEREN got her new name: ADMIRAL PITKA – thus promoted with a stroke of the pen.
20-09-2005 kl. 09:37
HDMS BESKYTTEREN was built at Ålborg shipyard and was commissioned during 1976 to 2000.
She primarily operated as a fishery protection ship at Greenland and the Faroe Islands during her service.
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ADMIRAL PITKA
Type Command and Support Ship.
Bygget: 1975, Aalborg Værft, Limjord, Denmark
Displacement ~ 1900 t
Dimensions: 74,7 x 12,2 x 5,3 m
Main Machinery: 3 diesels B&W Alpha 7201 Hp
Speed: 18 knots
Complement: 43 (8 officers)
Guns: 1 USN 3 in (76 mm)
Radars: 2 Litton Decca E, I-band
Structure: Strengthened for ice operations, helikopter deck.
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ENS ADMIRAL PITKA has since then amongst others operated as a command platform for BALTRON, the Baltic States standing Minecounter Meassure Group.
Presently she is the command ship of NATO’s Standing NRF Mine Counter Measure Group 1 (SNMCMG1) which will visit Sønderborg, Denmark this weekend.
It is the second time within this month ADMIRAL PITKA visits Denmark, as she also took part in the visit to Copenhagen, 9.-11. September.
Read more about ADMIRAL PITKA on the Estonian Navy's website
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