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Classification

Type:

Mineship, from April 1, 1951 minelayer

Class:

LOUGEN Class

Other Ships
in Class:

N40 LOUGEN

Specifications

Built by:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

November 9, 1940

Launched:

April 18, 1941

Commissioned:

August 1, 1941

Decommissioned:

June 27, 1974

Pennant Number:

MF 4, from April 1, 1951: N40

Int'l Call Sign:

OVKF

Displacement:

257 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

34.16 m

6.60 m

2.19 m

Complement:

32 men (4 officers, 28 ratings and enlisted)

Propulsion:

2 ea B&W Alpha Diesel engines 350 Hps.

From 1965/66:

2 ea B&W Alpha Diesel engines 450 Hps.

Range:

1,655 nautical miles at 10.94 knots

Armament:

2 ea 20 mm Machine Guns Mk M/41 LvSa (2x1)
1 ea Rocket launcher M/48 (illumination)

From 1953/1954:

2 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa (2x1)

Additional:

18 ea mines (total 8.1 tons)

Speed:

10.94 knots

Notes

The LOUGEN Class was specially designed for the laying of cable controlled mine fields.

Sources:

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Da Danmarks Flaade blev sænket, by F. H. Kjølsen, Commander s.g., H. Hagerups Forlag, Copenhagen, 1945

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Flådens skibe 1950, by R. Steen Steensen, Det Schønbergske Forlag, Copenhagen, 1950

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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