WILLEMOES Class (1977-2000)
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Torpedobåde af WILLEMOES-klassen

Two Guided Missile Boats of the WILLEMOES Class, closest is SEHESTED,
and in the background is WILLEMOES.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Classification
Type:	Torpedo Boat - Guided Missile Boat
Class:	WILLEMOES Class

Units in Class
PT No.:	Name:	Launched:	Comm.:	Decomm.:
P540	BILLE	12/23/1974	06/14/1977	03/15/2000
P541	BREDAL	04/18/1975	06/14/1977	03/15/2000
P542	HAMMER	10/03/1975	02/01/1978	03/15/2000
P543	HUITFELDT	01/16/1975	02/01/1978	04/01/2000
P544	KRIEGER	05/19/1976	02/01/1978	04/01/2000
P545	NORBY	09/24/1976	02/15/1978	04/01/2000
P546	RODSTEEN	12/09/1976	02/15/1978	10/01/2000
P547	SEHESTED	05/05/1977	05/19/1978	12/31/2000
P548	SUENSON	08/26/1977	08/10/1978	04/01/2000
P549	WILLEMOES	10/19/1974	03/20/1977	04/01/2000

Comments to the Class

None

Specifications
Built by:	Frederikshavn Værft A/S, Denmark
Design:	Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen in cooperation with the company Lürssen in Germany and the Naval Material Command
Displacement:	260 tons
Dimensions:	Length:	Beam:	Draught:
-	46.00 m	7.40 m	2.45 m
Complement:	25 men (6 officers and 19 ratings)
Propulsion:	3 ea Rolls Royce Marine Proteus Gas Turbines 12,750 Hp 2 ea GM Diesel Engines 800 Hps 3 ea Propellers
Range:	400 nautical miles at 36 knots
Armament:	1 ea 76 mm Gun Mk M/71 LvSa 4-8 ea Harpoon SSM (2x2 or 2x4) 2 ea 533 mm Torpedo Tubes (Without SSM 4 ea) 6 ea 103 mm Rocket Launcher (illumination) (2x3) From 1990 additional: 2 ea Seagnat/SBROC Mk. 36 (2x6) From 1993 additional: 2 ea Stinger Lv M/93 Mines: 16 ea mines in stead of torpedo tubes
Speed:	40 knots (Gas Turbines) 12 knots (Diesel Engines)

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Additional Notes

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Torpedobåden WILLEMOES

Guided Missile Boat WILLEMOES leaving the Naval Base in Korsør,
note that 8 HARPOON missiles are installed.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

En WILLEMOES-klasse torpedbåd godt camoufleret

A well camouflaged Guided Missile Boat of the WILLEMOES Class
is here photographed in Norwegian waters.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

WILLEMOES affyrer HARPOON missil

Guided Missile Boat WILLEMOES launching a HARPOON missile.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Torpedobåden RODSTEEN

Guided Missile Boat RODSTEEN is here seen with mines on the side deck
in stead of the torpedo tubes.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy (from the archives of Gunnar Olsen))

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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)
&	Søheltenes skibe - Historien om Søværnets torpedomissil-både af WILLEMOES-klassen, by Niels Chr. Borck & Søren Nørby, Statens Forsvarshistoriske Museum, Copenhagen, 2007 (ISBN 978-87-89022-52-1)
&	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

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This page was first published: April 24, 2005

WILLEMOES Class (1977-2000) (In English: n/a)

WILLEMOES Class (1977-2000)
(In English: n/a)