Modular motherships 'the way to go' for future Danish frigates
HDMS Thetis transits the Baltic Sea during BALTOPS in 2019. (Photo: US DoD)
It is widely expected that Denmark's upcoming summer defence agreement will include plans to replace the Thetis-class ships which entered service in the early 1990s.
In a statement, a Danish MoD spokesperson told Shephard it was not in a position to comment further on the possibility of a replacement for the vessels being confirmed this year 'due to the sensitive nature of the upcoming political negotiations of a new defence agreement'.
The spokesperson added: 'Considerations regarding replacement of Thetis-class ships would have to take NATO requirements as well as national needs into account.'
Former Danish Navy head and managing
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