The glorious Flagship V/S Týr is 30 years old!

[bloddyaxe]

At last the Icelandic coast guard flagship turns 30 years old.
It was made in 1975 incidentally and they are having a birthdayparty for it today.

All hail the Icelandic coast guard
Húrra!!!Húrra!!!Húrra!!!
http://www.lhg.is/upload/images/large/23-4-2002-456.jpg
bigger version of this one http://www.lhg.is/upload/files/TYR-A-FULLU(1).JPG

http://www.lhg.is/upload/images/large/23-4-2002-9456.jpg

http://www.lhg.is/upload/images/large/1880.jpg

[Kingswat]

Still looks like it's brand new.

[CG51]

where are the guns?

[bloddyaxe]

where are the guns?

http://www.lhg.is/upload/images/large/14-10-2002-5050.jpg

40 mm Bofors L60 MK 3

The rest is a state secret or something.

http://www.lhg.is/upload/images/large/14-10-2002-9047.jpg
they also used this blank firing cannon to salute the Murmansk, a russian patrol vessel which has double 75mm autocannon in front...

one more state secret:
http://www.lhg.is/upload/images/large/14-10-2002-345.jpg

[bloddyaxe]

Still looks like it's brand new.
Yes it is very modern and in good shape for its age
http://www.lhg.is/upload/images/large/24-4-2002-9053.jpg
















p-)

[McLane]

A Ship named Tyr? Cool :D Any more Ships with nordic-names like Heimdall, Wotan, Odin, Thor, Winthor or something like that?

[Steve Railsback]

Do the people in Iceland get the day of to celebrate this major event?





The old lady looks good, happy birthday Tyr!!
:hug:

[Jani.R]

Looks small. :oops:

[bloddyaxe]

A Ship named Tyr? Cool :D Any more Ships with nordic-names like Heimdall, Wotan, Odin, Thor, Winthor or something like that?
All of our coast guard ships since 1920 have nordic names.
We have a V/S Óðinn, V/S Ægir and a M/s Baldur operating at the moment. Then there is the V/S Þór which is to become a floating 'Cod War' museum in the river Thames, after having been a resturant and a discoteque.



Do the people in Iceland get the day of to celebrate this major event?

Sadly no. They are always cutting down the official days off. Our "semi-independence" day isn't even a day off any longer.



Looks small. :oops:
Yes its only 71 metres. Back in the days of yore when it was made it was considered big enough though. But hopefully we'll soon get a slightly large ship, and the plan to do that has now been slightly accelerated now that the Coast guard acquired a new leader.

And pretty soon V/S Týr and V/S Ægir will be modernized a bit in Poland.

[Marmot1]

In Poland?? didn't know that.... seems that we are heavily involved in ship bussines in europe and I misse that... First we did almost half of french "Mistral" and her/his sistership then ther is that info about building 6 vesels for Norvegian coastal guard and now this...