Peder Skram (F 352)

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Peder Skram at anchor
HDMS Peder Skram
Career Royal Danish Navy Ensign
Type: Peder Skram class frigate
Builder: Helsingør Skibsværft og Maskinbyggeri A/S Denmark
Laid down: September 25, 1964
Launched: May 20, 1965
Commissioned: May 25, 1966
Decommissioned: July 5, 1990
Fate: Museum ship
General Characteristics
Displacement: 2,755 Tons (Full)
Length: 112.65 m
Beam: 12.25 m
Draught: 5.2 m
Propulsion: 2 22,000 SHP gas turbines (modified Pratt & Whitney JT4); 2 2,400 SHP General Motors diesel engines
Speed: 30+ Knots
Range: Range 7,200 NM@ 15 Knots
Complement: Crew 207
Armament: 4 × 127 mm cannons (until 1977), 4 × 40 mm cannons, 4 × 20 mm cannons, depth charges, torpedoes, as of 1978: 8 × Sea Sparrow SAMs, 8 × Harpoon SSMs.

HDMS Peder Skram (F352) was a Peder Skram class frigate in the Royal Danish Navy, named after Peder Skram, a 16th century Danish admiral.

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[edit] Design

Peder Skram was an innovative design using a hybrid propulsion system, a combined gas turbine and diesel approach (CODOG).[1]

[edit] Operational History


[edit] Modernization

Peder Skram underwent significant refits in:

[edit] 1982 Harpoon Missile Incident

In 1982 Peder Skram was involved in an accidental launch of a Harpoon missile, fortunately without inflicting bodily harm.

[edit] Decommissioning

She 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.

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Fregatten Peder Skram, The Museum Ship; Last accessed on June 27, 2007
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