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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Classification

Type:

Coastal Patrol Craft/Home Guard Cutter

Class:

MHV 70 Class

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

MHV 70

SATURN *)

11/11/1957

02/08/1958

03/21/2007

MHV 71

SCORPIUS *)

12/06/1957

03/08/1958

09/??/2005

MHV 72

SIRIUS *)

01/28/1958

04/01/1958

06/??/2006

Comments to the Class

These cutters were the first to be designed and built especially for the Royal Danish Naval Home Guard. All previous vessels serving with the Home Guard, had been decommisioned naval vessel.

Specifications

Built by:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Displacement:

72 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

14.8 m

5.1 m

2.5 m

Complement:

8-10 men

Propulsion:

1 ea Alpha Diesel, 240 Hps

Later (1980-85) replaced by:

1 ea Grenå Diesel type 6F24

Range:

n/a

Armament:

Originally:

1 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa

Later:

1 ea 7.62 mm Light Machine Gun M/62

Speed:

10 knots

Additional Notes

The original wooden wheelhous was modified in 1963, and finally replaced 1981-85 by a modern aluminium wheelhouse.

Sources:

&

Marinehjemmeværnets fartøjer 1950-1992, by Gunnar Olsen, Royal Danish Naval Museum, Copenhagen, 1992 (ISBN 87-89322-12-6)

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography