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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Classification

Type:

Frigates

Class:

ESBERN SNARE Class, former British HUNT II Class

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

F341

ESBERN SNARE
ex. L 43
HMS BLACKMORE

12/02/1941

02/15/1954

04/06/1965

F342

ROLF KRAKE
ex. L71 HMS CALPE

04/28/1941

10/18/1954

??/??/1962

F343

VALDEMAR SEJR
ex. L 08
HMS EXMOOR, ex. BURTON

03/12/1941

06/21/1954

??/??/1962

Comments to the Class

None

Specifications

Built by:

See individual ship

Design:

n/a

Displacement:

Around 1,500 tons (See individual ship)

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

85.34 m

9.61 m

4.42 m

Complement:

148 men (11 officers and 137 ratings and enlisted)

Propulsion:

2 x Steam Turbines 19,000 Hps
2 x Propellers

Range:

3,700 nautical miles at 14 knots

Armament:

3 x 102 mm Guns K M/52 LvSa2 (3x2)
4 x 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/36 LvSa (4x1)
4 x Depth Charge Mortars, Mk. IV
2 x Depth Charge Launchers

Speed:

23.8 knots (at construction 25 knots)

Additional Notes

None

More Photos

The frigate ESBERN SNARE.
(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