HDMS Peder Skram (F352)

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 and 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 was named after Peder Skram, a 16th century Danish admiral.

Today it lies at Holmen where it serves as a museum ship.

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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 i the school's summer and autumn vacations and in all week ends in June and August.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Fregatten Peder Skram, The Museum Ship; Last accessed on June 27, 2007
  2. ^ Fregatterne Peder Skram og Herluf Trolle, Søren Nørby, Statens Forsvarshistoriske Museum, Copenhagen, 2006, ISBN 87-89022-48-3
  3. ^ "Peder Skram". Peder Skram. http://www.pederskram.dk/. Retrieved 2011-01-20. 

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