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Data Sheet

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BILLE (1948-1959)
(In English: n/a)

Torpedo Boat BILLE

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

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Classification

Type:

Torpedo Boat, after 1952 Patrol Boat

Class:

KRIEGER Class

Other Ships
in Class:

BUHL
HAMMER
HOLM
KRABBE
KRIEGER

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Specifications

Built by:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Design:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Laid down:

September 14, 1943

Launched:

September 21, 1946

Commissioned:

November 15, 1948

Decommissioned:

April 1, 1959

Pennant Number:

T11, from April 1, 1951: P570

Int'l Call Sign:

OVCI

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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Notes

None

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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

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography

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INDEX OF
NAVY SHIPS

(alphabetical):

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

Y

Æ

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