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NIELS EBBESEN (1945-1963)
(In English: n/a)

The frigate NIELS EBBESEN

The frigate NIELS EBBESEN.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Classification

Type:

Frigate

Class:

HOLGER DANSKE Class, ex. British RIVER Class

Other Ships
in Class:

HOLGER DANSKE

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Specifications

Built by:

Hall, Russel & Co., Ltd., Aberdeen, Scotland

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

June 10, 1943

Launched:

December 29, 1943

Commissioned:

November 22, 1945

Decommissioned:

May 8, 1963

Pennant Number:

F339 ex. K 404 HMCS ANNAN

Int'l Call Sign:

OUGI

Displacement:

2,165 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

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91.85 m

11.17 m

4.68 m

Complement:

167 men (11 officers, 66 ratings and enlisted plus 90 trainees)

Propulsion:

5,280 Hps
2 Propellers

Range:

7,740 nautical miles at 12 knots

Armament:

1945-1948/49:

2 x 102 mm Gun K M/42 LvSa (2x1)
2 x 57 mm Anti Aircraft Guns (2x1) (salute)
1 x 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/36 LvSa (from 1946)
4 x 20 mm Machine Guns Mk M/41 LvSa (4x1)
4 x 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa2 (2x2)

1948/49-1951:

2 x 127 mm Gun K M/34 Sa (2x1)
2 x 57 mm Anti Aircraft Guns (2x1) (salute)
1 x 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/36 LvSa
4 x 20 mm Machine Guns Mk M/41 LvSa (4x1)
4 x 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa2 (2x2)

From 1951-1954/55:

2 x 127 mm Gun K M/34 Sa (2x1)
2 x 57 mm Anti Aircraft Guns (2x1) (salute)
3/4 x 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/36 LvSa
4 x 20 mm Machine Guns Mk M/41 LvSa (3/4x1)

1954/55-1962:

2 x 127 mm Gun K M/34 Sa (2x1)
2 x 57 mm Anti Aircraft Guns (2x1) (salute)
4 x 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/48 LvSa (4x1)
3/4 x 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa (3/4x1)

From 1962:

1 x 127 mm Gun K M/34 Sa
2 x 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa (2x1)

The frigates were additionally equipped with:

1946-1952:

2 x 457 mm Torpedo Tubes (2x1) only for exercise

1953-1960:

1 x Hedgehog
4 x Depth Charge Mortar, Mk. IV
2 x Depth Charge Launchers

From 1960:

1 x Hedgehog
1 x Depth Charge Launcher

Speed:

20 knots

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Notes

Also widely used as training ship for naval cadets and able seamen.

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Sources:

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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

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G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

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U

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