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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

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)

Additional Notes

None

More Photos

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)

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

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

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))

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