HDMS Hajen

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.

LNS Dzūkas
History
Denmark
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
Lithuania
Name	Dzūkas
Namesake	Dzūkija region
Commissioned	2009
Identification	IMO number: 4590584 MMSI number: 277156000 Hull number: P 12
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)) 1× General Motors 12V-71 hydraulic motor (540 hp (400 kW))
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 to 29
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 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.