HDMS Glenten

NRP Mondego (P592) (ex-HDMS Glenten (P557)) is a former patrol boat of the Royal Danish Navy. Since 2015 she is in service with the Portuguese Navy.

HDMS Glenten
History
Denmark
Name	Glenten
Namesake	Kite in Danish
Builder	Danyard A/S, Frederikshavn
Launched	1992
Commissioned	1 February 1992
Decommissioned	7 October 2010
Identification	Hull number: P557
Fate	Sold to Portugal
Portugal
Name	Mondego
Acquired	October 2014
Commissioned	2015
Identification	Hull number: P592
Status	In service
General characteristics [1][2][3]
Class & type	Flyvefisken-class patrol 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	2× MTU 16V 396TB94 diesel engines (5,440 hp (4,060 kW) total) 1× General Electric LM500 gas turbine (5,450 hp (4,060 kW)) 3× Rexroth auxiliary engines
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 & landing craft carried	1x RHIB
Complement	19
Sensors & processing systems	1× Furuno navigation radar 1× Terma Scanter mil surface radar 1× Flexfire fire control radar
Armament	Guns 1× OTO Melara 76 mm/62 gun 2× 12.7 mm machine guns Missiles FIM-92 Sea Stinger (in MCM role) 12x RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow (in combat role) 8× RGM-84 Harpoon (in combat role) Torpedoes 4× MU90 torpedoes (in combat role)

History

She is the first ship from series 2 of the Flyvefisken class, which is also known as the Standardflex 300 or SF300 class. She was launched in 1992, with the commissioning taking place on 1 February 1992.

In October 2014, Glenten was sold to the Portuguese Navy together with four other ships of the class. She was renamed Mondego. After a refit she was commissioned in 2015.