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Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Classification

Type:

Seaward Defense Craft

Class:

DAPHNE Class

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

P530

DAPHNE

11/10/1960

12/19/1961

06/30/1990

P531

DRYADEN

03/01/1961

04/04/1962

07/01/1991

P532

HAVMANDEN

05/16/1961

08/30/1962

??/??/1978

P533

HAVFRUEN

10/04/1961

12/20/1962

02/01/1991

P534

NAJADEN

06/20/1962

04/26/1963

10/01/1991

P535

NYMFEN

11/01/1962

10/04/1963

11/01/1991

P536

NEPTUN

05/29/1963

12/18/1963

10/30/1989

P537

RAN

07/10/1963

05/15/1964

03/31/1991

P538

ROTA

11/26/1963

01/20/1965

10/31/1989

Comments to the Class

The ships were constructed on the basis of the British FORD Class patrol vessels.

Originally painted in olive green like the Fast Patrol Boats, but during 1980-1984 all the ships were painted in the standard navy grey.

Specifications

Built by:

Naval Dock Yard, Holmen

Design:

Naval Dock Yard Design Bureau

Displacement:

P530-P533: 195.0 tons
P534-P538: 195.4 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

(LOA) 37.00 m
(LWL) 34.5-35.25 m

6.75 m

2.09 - 2.14 m

Complement:

23 men (4 officers, 19 ratings & enlisted)

Propulsion:

2 ea Maybach Diesel engines MD655/18 at 1,800 Hps
1 ea Foden Diesel engine FD6 Mk.III at 115 Hps *)
2 ea Propellers
*) An additional propeller was mounted after 1970 for cruising speed on the Folden Diesel Engine

Range:

P530-P533: 670 nautical miles at 16.7 knots
P534-P538: 668 nautical miles at 18.1 knots

Armament:

1 ea 40 mm Machine Gun M/48 LvSa
2 ea 7.62 mm Light Machineguns (2x1)
2 ea Depth charge mortars
2 ea Depth charge Launchers (32 depth charges)
6 ea mines (side releasing)
1 ea 51 mm Rocket Launcher (removed ar. 1986-87)

replaced by:

1 ea 20 mm Machine Gun M/42 LvSa

Speed:

P530-P533: 20.56 knob
P534-P538: 22.33 knob
*) 6.58 knots on 1 propeller and Folden Diesel Engine

Additional Notes

The first eight ships were built under the joined Danish-American Cost Sharing Programme, which meant that DAPHNE, HAVMANDEN, NAJADEN and NEPTUN were paid for by the USA, the rest by Denmark.
The last, and ninth ship, was built as a sole Danish project.

More Photos

The seaward defense craft NEPTUN.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

The seaward defense craft HAVMANDEN during hand over and commissioning on August 30, 1962.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

The seaward defense crafts DRYADEN (right) and HAVMANDEN.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Sources:

&

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