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MHV 90 Class (1973- )
(In English: n/a)

Coastal Patrol Craft/Home Guard Cutter MHV 92 HOLGER DANSKE.
(Photo: Home Guard Flotilla 136 Sønderborg)

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Classification

Type:

Coastal Patrol Craft/Home Guard Cutter

Class:

MHV 90 Class

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Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

MHV 90

BOPA *)

18/04/1973

??/??/1973

11/08/2009

MHV 91

BRIGADEN *)

09/10/1973

??/03/1974

04/23/2008

MHV 92

HOLGER DANSKE *)

06/11/1974

??/03/1975

In service

MHV 93

HVIDSTEN *)

07/03/1975

??/06/1975

04/23/2008

MHV 94

RINGEN *)

08/08/1974

20/12/1974

03/25/2009

MHV 95

SPEDITØREN *)

14/10/1974

20/12/1974

10/08/2008

 *) The cutters were commissioned only with a pennant no., the names were added in 1988.
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Comments to the Class

First Naval Home Guard cutters to be built by steel.

The ships are primarily used for monitoring at sea, search and rescue, and environmental protection at sea.

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Specifications

Built by:

MHV 90-MHV 93: Sakskøbing Maskinfabrik og Skibsværft

MHV 94-MHV 95: Svendborg Skibsværft

Design:

n/a

Displacement:

85 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

 

19.75 m

5.70 m

2.50 m

Complement:

12 men

Propulsion:

1 ea Alpha Diesel Engine

Range:

n/a

Armament:

Originally:

1 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa
2 ea 7.62 mm Light Machine Guns M/62

Later:

2 ea 7.62 mm Light Machine Guns M/62

Speed:

10.5 knots

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Additional Notes

None

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Coastal Patrol Craft/Home Guard Cutter MHV 95 SPEDITØREN.
(Photo: Home Guard Flotilla 136 Sønderborg)

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Sources:

"

Hjemmeværnskommandoen, Naval Home Guard Command, Copenhagen

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Marinehjemmeværnets Fartøjer 1950-1972, by Gunnar Olsen, Orlogsmuseet, Copenhagen 1992 (ISBN 87-89322-12-6)

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography

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