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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Data Sheet

Service

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Classification

Type:

Torpedo Boat (Fast Patrol Boat)

Class:

FALKEN Class

Other Ships
in Class:

P506 FALKEN
P507 GLENTEN
P509 HØGEN

Specifications

Built by:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Design:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Laid down:

May 15, 1961

Launched:

July 18, 1962

Commissioned:

April 26, 1963

Decommissioned:

1978

Pennant Number:

P508

Int'l Call Sign:

OVFH

Displacement:

132.5 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

36.34 m

5.42 m

2.08 m

Complement:

23 men
(Max. 26 - 4 officers and 22 ratings and enlisted)

Propulsion:

3 ea MTU Diesel Engines 9,000 Hps
3 ea Propellers

Range:

640 nautical miles at 36.2 knots, 1.420 nautical miles at 17.6 knob

Armament:

1 ea 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/48 LvSa
1 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa
4 ea 533 mm Torpedo tubes (4x1)
2 ea 51 mm Rocket Launcher M/48 III (illumination)
Mine rails on the side deck

Speed:

43.1 knots

Notes

None

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