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Saturday 13 December 2014

Icelandic offshore patrol vessel ICGV Odinn 1959

Photo made by Pétur Guðmundur Ingimarsson, thanks for allowing us to publish it

IMO 5261037, MMSI 251003000 and callsign TFRA. Laid down at the Danyard Aalbirg, Aalborg, Denmark in January 1959, launched in September 1959, commissioned in January 1960, rebuilt by Arhus Flydedock, Denmark including fitting out with a helicopter deck and hangar in 1975 and decommissioned in 2006. With a displacement of 925 tons/910 long tons and as dimensions 63,68 x 10 x 5,5 metres or 208’11” x 33’ x 18’. Fitted out with Burmester&Wain V.B.F. 62 x 2 engines with a horsepower of 2.096 kW. Speed 18 knots. Her crew numbered 19 men. The armament consisted of 1 helicopter and  1-4cm Bofors gun (until 1989/1990 1-5,7cm Hotchkiss gun).