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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Classification

Type:

Minelayer

Class:

FALSTER Class

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

N80

FALSTER

09/19/1962

11/07/1963

01/01/2000

N81

FYEN

10/03/1962

09/18/1963

10/??/2003

N82

MØEN

03/05/1963

04/29/1964

10/22/2004

N83

SJÆLLAND

06/14/1963

07/07/1964

01/01/2000

Comments to the Class

Specially designed for laying large mine fields in Danish waters and the western Baltic.

The ship were widely used as training ships, tenders etc. as the large mine cargo deck could house a number of different containers, used as work shops, class rooms, lodging etc.

Specifications

Built by:

N80 & N83: A/S Nakskov Skibsværft
N81 & N82: Frederikshavn Værft og Flydedok A/S

Design:

Frederikshavn Værft og Flydedok A/S and the Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Displacement:

1,991 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

76.94 m

12.80 m

3.69 m

Complement:

120 men

From 1993/94:

74 men (10 officers and 64 ratings and enlisted)

Propulsion:

2 ea GM Diesel Engines 4,000 Hp
2 ea Propellers

Range:

5,820 nautical miles at 11.4 knots

Armament:

4 ea 76 mm Guns Mk M/60 LvSa2 (2x2)

From 1986-1993/94 further:

4 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa (4x1)

After 1993/94:

2 ea 76 mm Guns Mk M/60 LvSa2 (1x2)
3 ea Stinger Lv M/93
4 ea Seagnat/SBROC Mk. 36 (4x6)

Mine Load:

300-400 mines, estimated 290 tons

Speed:

17.0 knots

Additional Notes

A fifth unit was built for the Turkish Navy at Frederikshavn Værft og Flydedok A/S and named NUSRET.

More Photos

Minelayer FALSTER (1997).
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

On this picture one can get a clear view of the large mine doors at the stern
of the mine layer FALSTER.
(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)

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Søværnets operative Kommando, (Admiral Danish Fleet) Aarhus.

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography