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Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

NIELS JUEL (1980- )
(In English: n/a)

The corvette NIELS JUEL.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Classification

Type:

Corvette

Class:

NIELS JUEL Class

Other Ships
in Class:

F 355 OLFERT FISCHER
F 356 PETER TORDENSKIOLD

Specifications

Built by:

Aalborg Yard Ltd.

Design:

Naval Material Command in association with the British construction company Y-ARD

Laid down:

October 20, 1977

Launched:

February 17, 1978

Commissioned:

August 26, 1980

Decommissioned:

In active service

Pennant Number:

F354

Int'l Call Sign:

OUER

Displacement:

1,320 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

(LOA) 84.00 m
(LWL) 80.00 m

10.3 m

4.8 m

Complement:

91 (18 officers and 73 petty officers and privates)

Propulsion:

1 ea GE Gas Turbine LM2500 25,700 Hp
1 ea MTU 20 cyl. Diesel Engine 4,800 Hp
2 ea VP Propellers
1 ea Bowthruster

Range:

4,000 nm at 18 knots; 1,020 nm at 28 knots

Armament:

1 ea 76 mm Gun Mk M/71 LvSa
8 ea Harpoon SSM (2x4)
1 ea Sea Sparrow SAM Mk 29 Launcher (1x8)
1 ea Depth Charge Launcher Mk. 3, below deck

From 1986 additional:

4 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa (4x1) 2 ea were removed in 1993

From 1990 additional:

2-4 ea Stinger Lv M/93
4 ea SEAGNAT/SBROC Mk. 36 (4x6)

After 1997/1999:

1 ea 76 mm Gun Mk M/71 LvSa
8 ea Harpoon SSM (2x4)
2 ea Sea Sparrow SAM VLS Mk. 48 (2x6)
1 ea Depth Charge Launcher Mk. 3, below deck
4 ea SEAGNAT/SBROC Mk. 36 (4x6)
4 ea Stinger Lv M/93 (2x2)
7 ea 12.7 mm Heavy Machine Gun M/01 LvSa

Speed:

28.6 knots

History

Date:

Military Service:

October 11, 1980

Adopted by the city of Randers

1989

Visit to Gibraltar and Portugal

1992

Joined the STANAVFORLANT (naval blockade in the Adriatic Sea against former Yugoslavia)

July 1993

Joined the STANAVFORLANT (naval blockade in the Adriatic Sea against former Yugoslavia)

August 1995
- October 1995

Joined the STANAVFORLANT (naval blockade in the Adriatic Sea against former Yugoslavia)

April 1996
- June 1996

Joined the STANAVFORLANT and operation SHARP GUARD (naval blockade in the Adriatic Sea against former Yugoslavia), later making a visit to the former Danish West Indies

1997

Joined the STANAVFORLANT

November 2005

Leaving SNMG1 off Spain after an engine failure and escorted back to Naval Station Korsør and laid up.

August 18, 2009

Finally laid up and being prepared for decommissioning.

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

 -

n/a

Notes

None

Sources:

&

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