V/s Týr
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| Career |  |
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| Launched: | March, 1975 |
| Commissioned: | 1975 |
| Decommissioned: | still active |
| Fate: | still active |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1214 tonnes |
| Length: | 71.15 m |
| Beam: | 10 m |
| Draft: | 5.80 m |
| Power: | 3163 kW |
| Propulsion: | MAN 8L40/54 x 2 |
| Speed: | 20 knots |
| Complement: | 16-19 (room for 64) |
| Aircraft: | One helicopter. |
| Gun: | 40 mm Bofors L60 MKIII |
| Radars: | Surface Search: Sperry; E/F-band. Navigation: Furuno; I-band |
| Sonar: | Hull-mounted high-frequency active search |
V/s Týr is an Offshore Patrol vessel of the Ægir-class and the flagship of the Icelandic Coast Guard, built by Aarhus Flydedok a/s, in Denmark.
Týr is the biggest ship in the Icelandic Coast Guard and participated in the last Cod War. In May 1976 it survived two potentially lethal rammings by HMS Falmouth, which led Captain Guðmundur H. Kjærnested to give the order to man the guns against the much more powerful warship to deter further rammings.
Týr was originally armed with a manually loaded 57 mm cannon which was replaced in 1990 with the current Bofors weapon. In 1994 a large crane was added on the starboard side of the flight deck and in 1997 the flight deck was extended. In 2001, the ship was sent to Poland for modification and received its second rudder. In 2006 it was sent to Poland again for replacement of its bridge and other renovations.
