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FALKEN Class (1962-1978)
(In English: The Falcon)

Fast Patrol Boat HØGEN

Torpedo Boat HØGEN.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy - Courtesy of Peter Helgesen, Skagen)

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Classification

Type:

Torpedo Boat (Fast Patrol Boat)

Class:

FALKEN Class

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Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

P506

FALKEN

12/19/1961

10/04/1962

??/??/1978

P507

GLENTEN

03/15/1962

12/15/1962

??/??/1977

P508

GRIBBEN

07/18/1962

04/26/1963

??/??/1978

P509

HØGEN

10/04/1962

06/06/1963

??/??/1977

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Comments to the Class

None

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Specifications

Built by:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Design:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Displacement:

132.5 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

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36.34 m

5.42 m

2.08 m

Complement:

23 men
(Max. 26 - 4 officers and 22 ratings and enlisted)

Propulsion:

3 ea MTU Diesel Engines 9,000 Hps
3 ea Propellers

Range:

640 nautical miles at 36.2 knots, 1.420 nautical miles at 17.6 knob

Armament:

1 ea 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/48 LvSa
1 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa
4 ea 533 mm Torpedo tubes (4x1)
2 ea 51 mm Rocket Launcher M/48 III (illumination)
Mine rails on the side deck

Speed:

43.1 knots

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Additional Notes

None

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Fat Patrol Boat GLENTEN

Torpedo Boat GLENTEN.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy - Courtesy of Peter Helgesen, Skagen)

Fast Patrol Boat FALKEN

Torpedo Boat FALKEN.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

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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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Torpedobåde gennem 100 år - Det danske torpedobådsvåben 1879-1979, by Hans Garde & Hans Chr. Bjerg, Marinehistorisk Selskab, Copenhagen, 1979 (ISBN 87-87720-02-7)

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography

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or other information on this ship?

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please e-mail me, enclosures are welcome.
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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

Ø

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