| HDMS Peder Skram (F352) | |
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| Career |  |
| Name: | HDMS Peder Skram |
| Builder: | Helsingør Skibsværft (Elsinore Ship Yard), Denmark |
| Laid down: | 25 September 1964 |
| Launched: | 20 May 1965 |
| Commissioned: | 25 May 1966 |
| Decommissioned: | 5 July 1990 |
| Fate: | Museum ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Peder Skram-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 2,755 t (2,711 long tons) full load |
| Length: | 112.65 m (369 ft 7 in) |
| Beam: | 12.25 m (40 ft 2 in) |
| Draught: | 5.2 m (17 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × 22,000 shp (16,405 kW) gas turbines (modified Pratt & Whitney JT4) 2 × 2,400 shp (1,790 kW) General Motors diesel engines |
| Speed: | 30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h) |
| Range: | 7,200 nmi (13,300 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 207 |
| Armament: |
Up to 1977 : • 4 × 127 mm cannon (US 5"/38 caliber gun) • 4 × 40 mm L/70 cannon (Bofors 40 mm) • Depth charges • 4 x 533 mm torpedoes From 1978 : • 2 × 127 mm cannon (US 5"/38 caliber gun) • 4 × 40 mm L/70 cannon (Bofors 40 mm) • Depth charges • 4 x 533 mm torpedoes • 8 × Sea Sparrow SAMs • 8 × Harpoon SSMs |
HDMS Peder Skram (F352) was a Peder Skram class frigate in the Royal Danish Navy which was in use until 1990. It is now docked at Holmen in Copenhagen where it serves as a museum ship, part of the Royal Danish Naval Museum. The ship is named after Peder Skram, a 16th-century Danish admiral.
History[]
Career[]
Peder Skram was an innovative design using a hybrid propulsion system, a combined gas turbine and diesel approach (CODOG).[1] Peder Skram underwent significant refit in 1970 and a midlife update 1977–78 [2]
1982 Harpoon missile incident[]
In 1982 Peder Skram was involved in the accidental launch of a Harpoon missile, fortunately without inflicting bodily harm.
Decommissioning[]
Peder Skram was decommissioned in 1990, internal installations were auctioned off as scrap two years later. In the mid-1990s it was decided to restore her as a museum ship.
Museum ship[]
Peder Skram is today operated as a museum ship on a volunteer basis. It is open to visitors every day from 11 til 17 in the school summer and autumn vacations and in all week ends in June and August.[3]
See also[]
- HDMS Sælen (S323)
- List of museums in and around Copenhagen
References[]
- ↑ Fregatten Peder Skram, The Museum Ship; Last accessed on June 27, 2007
- ↑ Fregatterne Peder Skram og Herluf Trolle, Søren Nørby, Statens Forsvarshistoriske Museum, Copenhagen, 2006, ISBN 87-89022-48-3
- ↑ "Peder Skram". Peder Skram. http://www.pederskram.dk/. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
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