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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Classification

Type:

Large Torpedo Boat
From 1951: Kystjager (destroyer)
From 1958: Patrol boat

Class:

HUITFELDT Class

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

T1 (D320) (P520)

HUITFELDT

06/22/1943

07/26/1947

07/27/1964

T2 (D321) (P521)

WILLEMOES

03/17/1943

05/24/1947

01/11/1966

Comments to the Class

The ships were originally named AARHUS and AALBORG, but later the same year (1939) the names were changed to NYMFEN and NAJADEN, under which names the ships were launched 1943.

The unfinished hulls were laid up at Holmen in Copenhagen after August 29, 1943, and were not finished by the Germans.

In October 1945 it was decided that the skips should carry the names HUITFELDT and WILLEMOES in stead.

Specifications

Built by:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Design:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Displacement:

901 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

86.51 m

8.50 m

3.25 m

Complement:

108 men (11 officers and 97 ratings and enlisted)

Propulsion:

2 ea Steam Turbines 24,000 Hps
2 ea Propellers

Range:

1,600 nautical miles at 12 knots

Armament:

2 x 105 mm Gun K M/40 Sa (2x1) *)
2 x 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/36 LvSa (2x1)
6 x 20 mm Machine Guns Mk M/41 LvSa (6x1)
6 x 452 mm Torpedo Tubes (2x3) **)
2 x Depth Charge Mortar, Swedish type
60 x Mines (Mine tracks on the deck)

From 1951:

2 x 105 mm Gun K M/40 Sa (2x1)
3 x 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/36 LvSa (3x1)
2 x 20 mm Machine Guns Mk M/41 LvSa (6x1) (-1953)
6 x 533 mm Torpedo Tubes (2x3)
4 x Depth Charge Mortar, Mk. 6
2 x Depth Charge Launchers (18 depth charges)
60 x Mines (Mine tracks on the deck)

From 1955:

2 x 105 mm Gun K M/40 Sa (2x1)
3 x 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/48 LvSa (3x1)
6 x 533 mm Torpedo Tubes (2x3)
4 x Depth Charge Mortar, Mk. 6
2 x Depth Charge Launchers (18 depth charges)
60 x Mines (Mine tracks on the deck)

*)   Ships were intended to carry 120 mm Guns.
**) Form the torpedo boats of the DRAGEN Class.

Speed:

36.3 knots

Additional Notes

None

More Photos

HUITFELDT as a torpedo boat, note the original pennant # T1.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

HUITFELDT as "Kystjager" (destroyer), the pennant # is here D320.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Sources:

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

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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