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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Data Sheet

Service

CO's

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Classification

Type:

Minelayer

Class:

FALSTER Class

Other Ships
in Class:

N80 FALSTER
N81 FYEN
N82 MØEN

Specifications

Built by:

A/S Nakskov Skibsværft

Design:

Frederikshavn Værft og Flydedok A/S and the Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Laid down:

January 17, 1963

Launched:

June 14, 1963

Commissioned:

July 7, 1964

Decommissioned:

January 1, 2000

Pennant Number:

N83

Int'l Call Sign:

OVLQ

Displacement:

1,991 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

76.94 m

12.80 m

3.69 m

Complement:

120 men

From 1993/94:

74 men (10 officers and 64 ratings and enlisted)

Propulsion:

2 ea General Motors Diesel Engines 4,000 Hps
2 ea Propellers

Range:

5,820 nautical miles at 11.4 knots

Armament:

4 ea 76 mm Guns Mk M/60 LvSa2 (2x2)

From 1986-1993/94 further:

4 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa (4x1)

After 1993/94:

2 ea 76 mm Guns Mk M/60 LvSa2 (1x2)
3 ea Stinger Lv M/93
4 ea Seagnat/SBROC Mk. 36 (4x6)

Mine Load:

300-400 mines, estimated 290 tons

Speed:

17.0 knots

Notes

None

Sources:

&

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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Søværnets operative Kommando, (Admiral Danish Fleet) Aarhus.

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography