A new multipurpose patrol vessel/tug for Icelandic Coast Guard

摘要

After a long and anxious wait, the Icelandic Landhelgisgaeslan (Coastal Guard) (LHG) has taken delivery of its new multipurpose offshore patrol vessel Thor.The new vessel was ordered in 2007 to replace the elderly and now decommissioned flagship,Odin, and has been built to patrol the Icelandic exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in North Atlantic territorial waters to protect marine resources and perform search and rescue (SAR) operations.