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KRIEGER Class (1948-1959)
(In English: n/a)

Torpedo Boat KRIEGER

Torpedo Boat KRIEGER.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Classification

Type:

Torpedo Boat, after 1952 Patrol Boat

Class:

KRIEGER Class

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Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

T11 (P570)

BILLE

09/21/1946

11/15/1948

04/01/1959

T12 (P571)

BUHL

09/10/1947

05/16/1949

04/01/1959

T13 (P572)

HAMMER

06/23/1948

04/26/1950

04/01/1959

T14 (P573)

HOLM

02/05/1948

10/15/1949

04/01/1959

T15 (P574)

KRABBE

06/27/1946

06/03/1948

04/01/1959

T16 (P575)

KRIEGER

05/04/1946

03/17/1948

04/01/1959

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Comments to the Class

None

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Specifications

Built by:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Design:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Displacement:

398 tons, as patrol boat: 402 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

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63.90 m

6.38 m

2.33 m

Complement:

70 men (7 officers and 63 ratings), after refit 65 men (7 officers og 58 ratings)

Propulsion:

2 ea Danish Atlas Steam Turbines 6,900 Hps
2 ea Propellers

Range:

445 nautical miles 29,4 knots

Armament:

3 ea 37 mm Gun Pk L/80 M/30
(1x2 and 1x1 in the first three, 3x1 in last three)
3/2 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa (3/2x1)
6 ea 452 mm Torpedo Tubes (2x3)

From 1950/51:

2/3 ea 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/36 LvSa (2/3x1)
3/2 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa (3/2x1)

From 1954/56:

3 ea 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/48 LvSa (3x1)
2 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa (2x1)

Additional:

2 ea Depth Charge Mortars
2 ea Depth Charge Launcher (21 Depth Charges)
35-40 ea Mines (rails on side deck)

Speed:

29.4 knots

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Additional Notes

None

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Torpedo Boat KRIEGER is launched

The Torpedo Boat KRIEGER was launched from the Naval Dock Yard on May 4, 1946, exactly one year after the German capitulation in Denmark.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Torpedo Boat HAMMER

The Torpedo Boat HAMMER is here seen painted in camouflage colors. This trial only lasted a short while, and the ship was again painted standard gray.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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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

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