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SUND Class (1955-1999)
(In English: n/a)

Four minesweepers of the  SUND Class moored in Hanstholm 1967.
(Private photo, courtesy of Sten Nordstrøm)

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Classification

Type:

Minesweeper

Class:

SUND Class

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Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

M571

AARØSUND *)
ex. MSC127, AMS127

11/19/1953

01/24/1955

03/01/1982

M572

ALSSUND
ex. MSC128, AMS128

04/01/1954

04/05/1955

11/30/1989

M573

EGERNSUND
ex. MSC129, AMS129

04/14/1954

08/03/1955

12/31/1989

M574

GRØNSUND
ex. MSC256

08/12/1955

09/21/1956

??/??/1999

M575

GULDBORGSUND
ex. MSC257

03/14/1956

11/16/1956

05/01/1993

M576

OMØSUND *)
ex. MSC221, AMS221

07/30/1955

06/21/1956

03/01/1982

M577

ULVSUND *)
ex. MSC263, AMS263

12/22/1955

09/20/1956

12/31/1989

M578

VILSUND
ex. MSC264, AMS264

03/10/1956

11/15/1956

12/01/1995

 *) Refitted as Mine Hunters.

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Comments to the Class

None

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Specifications

Built by:

Different U.S. Ship Yards

Design:

n/a

Displacement:

375-405 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

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43.92 m

8.29 m

2.50-2.75 m

Complement:

33-37 men (4 officers and 29-33 ratings)

Propulsion:

2 ea General Motors Diesel Engines 8-268A 900 Hps
2 ea Propellers

Range:

3,600 nautical miles at 7 knots

Armament:

2 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa2 (1x2)

After around 1965:

1 ea 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/36 LvSa

Speed:

13.5 knots

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Additional Notes

None

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More Photos

Minesweeper AARØSUND

Minesweeper AARØSUND.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Minesweeper GRØNSUND

Minesweeper GRØNSUND.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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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)

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.
Please remember to list your sources.

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