ICGV Ægir
Ægir | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Iceland | |
| Name | Ægir |
| Builder | Aalborg Værft, Denmark |
| Laid down | May 1967 |
| Launched | 1967 |
| Commissioned | 1968 |
| Decommissioned | 2020 |
| Stricken | 2022 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Sold in August 2022. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Ægir-class offshore patrol vessel |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 69.8 m (229 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Range | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 19 |
| Sensors & processing systems | Sperry surface search radar E/F-band |
| Armament | 1 × Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in)/L70 gun |
| Aircraft carried | One helicopter (Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma) |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck and hangar |
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ICGV Ægir is a former offshore patrol vessel of the Icelandic Coast Guard. Built by Aalborg Værft, in Denmark, she is the lead ship of the Ægir class and has one sister ship of an improved design, ICGV Týr. The ship entered service in 1968 and participated in the two last Cod Wars against the United Kingdom. Ægir primarily conducted patrols, search and rescue, fishery inspections, general law enforcement and counter-terrorism operations in the Icelandic exclusive economic zone. In 2020, the patrol vessel was taken out of service and sold two years later.