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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Classification

Type:

Torpedo Boat/Motor Torpedo Boat

Class:

FLYVEFISKEN Class

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

P500

FLYVEFISKEN

05/11/1954

11/12/1954

08/30/1974

P501

HAJEN

09/15/1954

02/08/1955

08/30/1974

P502

HAVKATTEN

11/05/1954

06/01/1955

08/30/1974

P503

LAXEN

11/12/1954

05/12/1955

08/30/1974

P504

MAKRELEN

01/20/1955

07/07/1955

08/30/1974

P505

SVÆRDFISKEN

04/05/1955

09/14/1955

08/30/1974

Comments to the Class

Danish improvement of the German E boats.

Specifications

Built by:

Frederikssund Ship Yard, Denmark and completed at the Naval Dock Yard in Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Displacement:

132.2 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

35.90 m

5.50 m

2.10 m

Complement:

22 men (Originally 25, 4 officers and 21 ratings)

Propulsion:

3 ea Mercedes Benz diesel engines 9,000 Hps
3 ea Propellers

Range:

760 nautical miles 32 knots

Armament:

1 ea 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/48 LvSa
1 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa
2 ea 533 mm Torpedo Tubes (Bow) (4 torpedoes)
2 ea 51 mm Rocket Launcher M/48 III (illumination)
Mine rails on the side deck

Speed:

42.8 knots

Additional Notes

None

More Photos

Torpedo Boat FLYVEFISKEN.
(Unknown photographer - Picture courtesy of Peter Helgesen, Skagen)

Torpedo Boat MAKRELEN.
(Unknown photographer - Picture courtesy of Peter Helgesen, Skagen)

Torpedo Boat SVÆRDFISKEN producing a smoke screen.
(Unknown photographer - Picture courtesy of Peter Helgesen, Skagen)

Sources:

&

Flådens skibe og fartøjer 1945-1995, by Gunnar Olsen and Svenn Storgaard, Marinehistoriske skrifter,  Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-13-2)

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Torpedobåde gennem 100 år - Det danske torpedobådsvåben 1879-1979, by Hans Garde & Hans Chr. Bjerg, Marinehistorisk Selskab, Copenhagen, 1979 (ISBN 87-87720-02-7)

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Vore Torpedobaade gennem 75 Aar, by R. Steen Steensen, Marinehistorisk Selskab, Copenhagen, 1953

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography