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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Classification

Type:

Torpedo boat/Motor Torpedo Boat

Class:

GLENTEN Class - 1947-1951: T51 Class

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

P551 (T51)

GLENTEN

??/??/1945

11/01/1947

02/27/1961

P552 (T52)

GRIBBEN

07/06/1941

04/15/1948

04/25/1960

P553 (T53)

HAVØRNEN

12/27/1944

11/19/1948

06/06/1957

P554 (T54)

HÆRFUGLEN

12/31/1941

03/21/1949

10/06/1954

P555 (T55)

HØGEN

08/31/1944

03/28/1949

09/04/1957

P556 (T56)

ISFUGLEN

07/10/1943

07/08/1949

10/06/1954

P557 (T57

JAGTFALKEN

??/??/1944

07/08/1949

05/01/1962

P558 (T58)

MUSVAAGEN

06/27/1942

07/15/1950

10/06/1954

P559 (T59)

RAAGEN

07/10/1944

11/01/1949

06/06/1957

P560 (T60)

RAVNEN

03/24/1943

01/10/1953

05/01/1962

P561 (T61)

SKADEN

09/129/1944

10/07/1950

04/25/1960

P562

STORMFUGLEN

11/02/1941

10/08/1953

10/20/1962

P563

TAARNFALKEN

??/??/1944

05/12/1952

06/06/1957

P564

TRANEN

10/07/1942

11/03/1955

04/26/1963

P565

FALKEN

??/??/1944

02/07/1953

07/17/1961

P566

HEJREN

08/08/1942

01/05/1956

12/28/1964

P567

LOMMEN

06/28/1944

04/21/1953

09/04/1961

P568 (T62)

VIBEN

07/01/1942

11/03/1955

09/13/1965

Comments to the Class

Built as German "Schnellboote" (British designation=E-boats). Most boats were aquired from the US authorities in Germany after the end of WW2, and six boats were aquired from Norway in 1951.

The boats had different engine sizes, which would influence the top speed,  range and displacement.

Specifications

Built by:

Fr. Lürssen, Vegesack or
Schlichting Werft, Travemünde, Germany

Design:

n/a

Displacement:

115-124 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

34.94 m

5.10 m

1.67 m

Complement:

22 men

Propulsion:

3 ea Mercedes-Benz Diesel engines 6,000-7,500 Hps.
3 ea Propellers

Range:

700-750 nautical miles at 30 knots

Armament:

Oldest type (41-43) original:

1 ea 20 mm Machine Gun M/39 LvSa (for)
4 ea 20 mm Machine Gun M/39 LvSa2 (aft) (2x2)

From 1951:

1 ea 40 mm Machine Gun M/36 LvSa (aft)
1 ea 20 mm Machine Gun M/39 LvSa (for)
2 ea 20 mm Machine Gun M/39 LvSa2 (aft) (1x2)

From 1955:

1 ea 40 mm Machine Gun M/48 LvSa
1 ea 20 mm Machine Gun M/42 LvSa

Newest type (44-45) original:

1 ea 20 mm Machine Gun M/39 LvSa (for)
4 ea 20 mm Machine Gun M/39 LvSa2 (aft) (2x2)

From around 1955:

1 ea 40 mm Machine Gun M/48 LvSa (aft)
1 ea 20 mm Machine Gun M/42 LvSa (for)

All boats further:

2 ea 533 mm Torpedotubes (+ 2 reserve torpedoes)
Minerails on the quaterdeck

Speed:

38.5-45 knots

Additional Notes

Four of the boats were painted in various colors in 1951; GLENTEN - navy grey, HÆRFUGLEN - white, SKADEN - sea green and  TAARNFALKEN - light blue.

This test should conclude which color was most suited for the future use on torpedo boats. In May 1955 it was descided that torpedo boats should be painted white, this standard color scheme was altered to olive greeen in 1961.

More Photos

The torpedo boat MUSVAAGEN (former T 58) with its original armament of
20 mm Machine Guns.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

The torpedo boat SKADEN (former T 61), the minerails on the quarterdeck
are seen here.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy (from Gunnar Olsen's archives))

The torpedo boat HEJREN seen here with a test mounting of a torpedotube
on the port side, this was part of testings for the new torpedo boats of the FALKEN Class.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

Sources:

&

Flådens skibe 1950, by R. Steen Steensen, Det Schønbergske Forlag, Copenhagen, 1950

&

Flådens skibe og fartøjer 1945-1995, by Gunnar Olsen and Svenn Storgaard, Marinehistoriske skrifter,  Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-13-2)

&

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

&

Vore Torpedobaade gennem 75 Aar, by R. Steen Steensen, Marinehistorisk Selskab, Copenhagen, 1953

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography