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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Classification

Type:

Frigate

Class:

HOLGER DANSKE Class, ex. British RIVER Class

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

F338

HOLGER DANSKE
ex. K 441
HMCS MONNOW

12/04/1943

10/20/1945

08/01/1959

F339

NIELS EBBESEN
ex. K 404
HMCS ANNAN

12/29/1943

11/22/1945

05/08/1963

Comments to the Class

Also widely used as training ships for naval cadets and able seamen.

Specifications

Built by:

Se the individual ship

Design:

n/a

Displacement:

2,165 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

91.85 m

11.17 m

4.68 m

Complement:

167 men (11 officers, 66 ratings and enlisted plus 90 trainees)

Propulsion:

Se the individual ship

Range:

7,740 nautical miles at 12 knots

Armament:

1945-1948/49:

2 x 102 mm Gun K M/42 LvSa (2x1)
2 x 57 mm Anti Aircraft Guns (2x1) (salute)
1 x 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/36 LvSa (from 1946)
4 x 20 mm Machine Guns Mk M/41 LvSa (4x1)
4 x 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa2 (2x2)

1948/49-1951:

2 x 127 mm Gun K M/34 Sa (2x1)
2 x 57 mm Anti Aircraft Guns (2x1) (salute)
1 x 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/36 LvSa
4 x 20 mm Machine Guns Mk M/41 LvSa (4x1)
4 x 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa2 (2x2)

From 1951-1954/55:

2 x 127 mm Gun K M/34 Sa (2x1)
2 x 57 mm Anti Aircraft Guns (2x1) (salute)
3/4 x 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/36 LvSa
4 x 20 mm Machine Guns Mk M/41 LvSa (3/4x1)

1954/55-1962:

2 x 127 mm Gun K M/34 Sa (2x1)
2 x 57 mm Anti Aircraft Guns (2x1) (salute)
4 x 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/48 LvSa (4x1)
3/4 x 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa (3/4x1)

From 1962:

1 x 127 mm Gun K M/34 Sa
2 x 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/48 LvSa (2x1)

The frigates were additionally equipped with:

1946-1952:

2 x 457 mm Torpedo Tubes (2x1) only for exercise

1953-1960:

1 x Hedgehog
4 x Depth Charge Mortar, Mk. IV
2 x Depth Charge Launchers

From 1960:

1 x Hedgehog
1 x Depth Charge Launcher

Speed:

20 knots

Additional Notes

None

More Photos

The frigate HOLGER DANSKE.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

The frigate NIELS EBBESEN.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Sources:

&

Flådens skibe 1950, by R. Steen Steensen, Det Schønbergske Forlag, Copenhagen, 1950

&

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

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography