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Johnny E. Balsved

 

BESKYTTEREN Class (1954-1964)
(In English: The Protector)

Minelayer BESKYTTEREN

The Minelayer BESKYTTEREN.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Classification

Type:

Minelayer (ex. Landing Ship Medium)

Class:

BESKYTTEREN Class

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Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

N60

BESKYTTEREN

12/12/1944

06/08/1954

11/12/1964

N61

VINDHUNDEN

12/17/1944

06/22/1954

11/12/1964

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Comments to the Class

None

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Specifications

Built by:

Charleston Naval Ship Yard, USA

Design:

n/a

Displacement:

1,150 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

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63.76 m

10.49 m

2.90 m

Complement:

75 men (7 officers and 68 ratings and enlisted)

Propulsion:

2 ea GMC/Cleveland Diesel engines 2,880 Hps.
2 ea Propellers

Range:

3,500 nautical miles at 12 knots

Armament:

8 ea 40 mm Machine Gun M/36 LvSa2 (4x2)
6 ea 20 mm Machine Gun M/42 LvSa (6x1)

Speed:

12 knots

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Additional Notes

Originally built as Landing Ship Medium for the US Navy, and sister ships to the tender HJÆLPEREN.

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The Minelayer VINDHUNDEN

The Minelayer VINDHUNDEN still with the US pennant number on the hull.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Sources:

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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)

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

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