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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Classification

Type:

Torpedo Boat/Fast Patrol Boat

Class:

SØLØVEN Class

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

P510

SØLØVEN

04/19/1963

02/15/1965

07/05/1990

P511

SØRIDDEREN

08/22/1963

02/15/1965

07/05/1990

P512

SØBJØRNEN

08/19/1964

10/20/1965

07/05/1990

P513

SØHESTEN

03/31/1965

06/21/1966

07/05/1990

P514

SØHUNDEN

01/12/1966

12/20/1966

07/05/1990

P515

SØULVEN

04/27/1966

05/17/1967

07/05/1990

Comments to the Class

None

Specifications

Built by:

First two boats were built at Vosper Ltd., Portchester, England, while the remaining were built at the Naval Dock Yard in Copenhagen

Design:

Vosper Ltd., England, as an improved version of their BRAVE Class

Displacement:

158 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

30.33 m

7.85 m

2.15 m

Complement:

27 men (5 officers and 22 ratings and enlisted)

Propulsion:

3 ea Rolls Royce Marine Gas Turbines - 12,750 Hps.
2 ea General Motors Diesel Engines - 460 Hps.
3 ea Propellers

Range:

n/a

Armament:

1-2 ea 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/48 LvSa (2x1)
2-4 ea 533 mm Torpedo Tubes (4x1)
2 ea Illumination Rocket Launcher (on forward gun)

10 ea mines could be carried in stead of the torpedo tubes

After the mid 1980's, the aft 40 mm was permanently replaced by:

1 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa

Speed:

54 knots (gas turbines)
10 knots (diesel engines)

Additional Notes

The FPB could be equipped as a torpedo boat with one forward gun and four torpedo tubes, or as a gun boat with two guns (forward and aft) and only two torpedo tubes.

More Photos

The Fast Patrol Boat SØRIDDEREN.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

The Fast Patrol Boat SØULVEN,
notice the three large gas turbine exhaust pipes at the stern.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

The Fast Patrol Boat SØHESTEN equipped as a small minelayer.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

Sources:

&

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)

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography