Agdlek-class cutter

The Agdlek class cutter is a ship class of cutters built for and operated by the Royal Danish Navy for patrol duty in the waters of Greenland and task consists of maritime surveillance, assertion of sovereignty, fisheries inspection, search and rescue, assistance to other ships, environmental monitoring, pollution control, towing, salvage, diving assistance, icebreaking and surveying. Only one vessel of the class, HDMS Tulugaq, remains active and is expected to continue in service until 2017.

These three ice-strengthened vessels are 330 tons, travel at less than 12 kn; are manned by a crew of 14; and are armed with two 12.7mm M/50 machine guns.

Normally two vessels were on station, while the third would be on its way to/returning from or being serviced in its homeport back in Denmark.