TYPE: Offshore Patrol vessel
NAME: ICGV Óðinn (III)
CLASS: Ægir-class Offshore Patrol vessel
LAUNCHED: 1959
COMMISONED January 1960
ARMAMENT EARLY
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1x 57mm QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss Cannon Model 1892
-Mass: 372–385 kg barrel & breech
-Length: 2.5 m
-Barrel length: 2.3 m L/40 caliber
-Shell: 57x307R
-Caliber: 57-millimeter
-Breech: Vertical sliding block
-Recoil: Hydro-spring, 4 inch
-Elevation: Dependent on mount
-Rate of fire: 25 rounds per minute
-Reload time in seconds: 2.4 sec
-Muzzle velocity: 554 m/s
-Effective firing range: 3,700 m -
Sperry E/F-band surface search radar; Furuno I-band navigation radar
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Helicopter deck and hangar
-1x helkicopter
ARMAMENT LATE
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1x 40mm Bofors L60 MK.III Cannon
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Sperry E/F-band surface search radar; Furuno I-band navigation radar
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Helicopter deck and hangar
-1x AS332 Super Puma H215 Helicopter
TECHNICAL DATA
Displacement: 925 Metric Tons
Length: 68.68 Meter
Beam: 10 Meter
Draught: 5.5 Meter
MACHINERY
2x Burmeister & Wain V.B.F 62 diesel engines
-Power: 2096 kW
-Speed: 18 Knots (33.33 Km/h)
CREW
Estimated crew: 19 Men
TIMELINE OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
1959: The vessel was launched
1960: The vessel hoist command
1960: 10 July Óðinn fired two shots at the British trawler Grimsby Town and hit the funnel
1963: 23 October assisted British trawler Northern Spray that had ran aground
1976: 30 April rammed in the stern by the British sidewinder trawler Arctic Corsair
1989: 57mm cannon was removed and replaced with a 40mm L/60 Bofors gifted from Denmark
2005: Used as scenery in the film “Flags of Our Fathers”
HISTORY
ICGV Óðinn was the third vessel of the Icelandic Coast Guard that carried the name Óðinn, and is therefore technically named Óðinn (3). The ship was built for the Icelandic Coast Guard in 1959 and entered service in the early 1960’s. I have not been able to find out which shipyard built this ship. The vessel originally was armed with 1x 57mm QF 6 pounder Model 1892 cannon that was gifted From Denmark which she used up until 1989 when this cannon was replaced by a 40mm L60 Mk.III Bofors cannon that also had been Gifted from Denmark. The engines in the ship, which are then 2x Burmeister & Wain diesel engines are believed to be the only ones of their kind still in serviceable condition in the world today
Shortly after the ship had been commissioned, as this was in the middle of the Cod War which was a conflict between Iceland and Britain that lasted from 1958 to 1976, the ICGV Óðinn fired two shots at the British trawler Grimsby Town which was believed to be fishing far within Iceland’s territory, and these two shots hit the trawler in the funnel. after this, the British frigate Palliser came towards ICGV Óðinn and prevented them from arresting the trawler. a few years later in 1963, ICGV Óðinn caught the trawler Aberdeen Milwood on 27 April and after a short chase the trawler was brought into Reykjavik. The trawler was released later that year after having to pay a fine of £10,000. Later that year, the ICGV Óðinn was dispatched to assist the British trawler Northern Spray which had run aground off the coast of Iceland. Towards the end of the cod war in 1976, ICGV Óðinn was rammed in the stern by the British trawler Artic Corsair. this was then after ICGV Óðinn had tried three times to cut the trawl wraps.
After the ship was decommissioned in 2006, the ship was donated to Hollvinasamok Óðins later in 2008, and the ship was put on display at the Reykjavík Maritime Museum. It was begun restored in 2014 and was in operational condition in 2020. Also, there is something interesting I have to mention, and that is that ICGV Óðinn was in the film Flags of our fathers that was filmed in Iceland the summer of 2005, where it played a small role.
ICGV - Icelandic Coast Guard Vessel
Landhelgisgæsla Íslands - Icelandic Coast Guard
ALBUM
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ICGV Óðinn - Wikipedia
Fyrstu áratugirnir | Sagan | Landhelgisgæsla Íslands
Ægir-class offshore patrol vessel - Wikipedia
Wargaming Miscellany: Icelandic Coast Guard
museumships.us - Your most complete source for Museum Ships Worldwide! - Óðinn
https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/565342
Icelandic Coast Guard - Wikipedia
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