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Johnny E. Balsved

PEDER SKRAM (1966-1990)
(In English: n/a)

The frigate PEDER SKRAM after conversion with guided missiles.
(Photo: Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Classification

Type:

Frigate

Class:

PEDER SKRAM class

Other Ships
in Class:

F 353 HERLUF TROLLE

Specifications

Built by:

Helsingør Skibsværft (Elsinore Ship Yard)

Design:

Naval Material Command in cooperation with Helsingør Skibsværft

Laid down:

n/a

Launched:

May 2, 1965

Commissioned:

May 25, 1966

Decommissioned:

July 5, 1990

Pennant Number:

F352

Int'l Call Sign:

OUEP

Displacement:

2,371 tons (2,425 tons after conversion)

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

(LOA) 112.65 m
(LWL) 108.50 m

12.00 m

5.02 m

Complement:

207 men (25 officers, 182 petty officers and privates; after conversion 180 petty officers and privates)
+ accommodation for 13 staff officers/passengers

Propulsion:

2 x Pratt & Whitney Gas Turbines 44,000 Hp
2 x General Motors diesel engines 4,800 Hp
2 x Propellers VP CODOG

Range:

7,200 nautical miles at 15 knots

Armament:

2 ea 127 mm Guns K M/60 LvSa2 (2x2)
4 ea 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/48 LvSa LvSa (4x1)
4 ea 533 mm Torpedo Tubes (2x2) (mounted 1970)
1 ea 51 mm Rocket Launcher M/62 (illumination)
1 ea Depth Charge Launcher, aft

After conversion 1979:

1 ea 127 mm Guns K M/60 LvSa2 (1x2)
4 ea 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/48 LvSa (4x1)
2 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa (2x1) (mid 1980's)
4 ea 533 mm Torpedo Tubes (2x2)
1 ea 51 mm Rocket Launcher M/62 (illumination)
8 ea Harpoon SSM (2x4)
1 ea Sea Sparrow SAM Mk. 29 Launcher (1x8)
1 ea Depth Charge Launcher, sternpost

Speed:

28 knots (maximum 32.7 knots tested at 47,150 Hp)

History

Date:

Military Service:

1970

Joining the STANAVFORLANT (NATO's Standing Naval Forces in the Atlantic)

1974

Joining the STANAVFORLANT

1976

Joining the STANAVFORLANT

1977

Joining the STANAVFORLANT

June 1977
- June 1979

Modernized and converted to a Guided Missile Frigate at Helsingør Skibsværft

1980

Joining the STANAVFORLANT

1981

Joining the STANAVFORLANT

1982

Joining the STANAVFORLANT

September 6, 1982

During a functional testing of the missile systems on board, a HARPOON missile was accidental launched striking a residential area at Lumsaas in Northern Zealand

44You can read the complete story here

1983

Joining the STANAVFORLANT

April 7, 1992

Sold to a group, represented by Rear Admiral J. F. Bork, and planned to be preserved as a museum ship

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

July 31, 1970
- October 8, 1971

Commander s.g. Otto Westergaard

July 31, 1981
- n/a

Commander s.g. Jens L. Winther

Notes

PEDER SKRAM is preserved as a living museum placed at Naval Station Copenhagen

44Visit the PEDER SKRAM Website

More Photos

The frigate PEDER SKRAM with her original armament.
(Photo: Royal Danish Naval Museum)

The frigate is launched at Helsingør Skibsværft May 2, 1965.
(Photo: Royal Danish Naval Museum)

The frigate PEDER SKRAM after conversion with guided missiles.
(Photo: Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Sources:

&

Danske Søofficerer 1933-1982, edited by S. E. Pontoppidan and J. Teisen, published by Søe-Lieutenant-Selskabet, Copenhagen, 1984

&

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