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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Classification

Type:

Torpedo Boat, after 1952 Patrol Boat

Class:

KRIEGER Class

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

T11 (P570)

BILLE

09/21/1946

11/15/1948

04/01/1959

T12 (P571)

BUHL

09/10/1947

05/16/1949

04/01/1959

T13 (P572)

HAMMER

06/23/1948

04/26/1950

04/01/1959

T14 (P573)

HOLM

02/05/1948

10/15/1949

04/01/1959

T15 (P574)

KRABBE

06/27/1946

06/03/1948

04/01/1959

T16 (P575)

KRIEGER

05/04/1946

03/17/1948

04/01/1959

Comments to the Class

None

Specifications

Built by:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Design:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Displacement:

398 tons, as patrol boat: 402 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

63.90 m

6.38 m

2.33 m

Complement:

70 men (7 officers and 63 ratings), after refit 65 men (7 officers og 58 ratings)

Propulsion:

2 ea Danish Atlas Steam Turbines 6,900 Hps
2 ea Propellers

Range:

445 nautical miles 29,4 knots

Armament:

3 ea 37 mm Gun Pk L/80 M/30
(1x2 and 1x1 in the first three, 3x1 in last three)
3/2 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa (3/2x1)
6 ea 452 mm Torpedo Tubes (2x3)

From 1950/51:

2/3 ea 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/36 LvSa (2/3x1)
3/2 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa (3/2x1)

From 1954/56:

3 ea 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/48 LvSa (3x1)
2 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa (2x1)

Additional:

2 ea Depth Charge Mortars
2 ea Depth Charge Launcher (21 Depth Charges)
35-40 ea Mines (rails on side deck)

Speed:

29.4 knots

Additional Notes

None

More Photos

The Torpedo Boat KRIEGER was launched from the Naval Dock Yard on May 4, 1946, exactly one year after the German capitulation in Denmark.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

The Torpedo Boat HAMMER is here seen painted in camouflage colors. This trial only lasted a short while, and the ship was again painted standard gray.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Sources:

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

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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)

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

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography