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Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

OLFERT FISCHER (1981- )
(In English: n/a)

The corvette OLFERT FISCHER is here seen after
the Sea Sparrow VLS system is installed.
(Photo: Jakob Dalgaard)

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Classification

Type:

Corvette

Class:

NIELS JUEL Class

Other Ships
in Class:

F 354 NIELS JUEL
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:

December 6. 1978

Launched:

January 15, 1980

Commissioned:

October 16, 1981

Decommissioned:

In active service

Pennant Number:

F 355

Int'l Call Sign:

OUES

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:

August 20, 1982

Adopted by the City of Kalundborg

1984

Par of the Royal Squadron to Portugal

September 1990
- September 1991

Participated in the UN operation against Iraq in the Persian Gulf (Operation FARAWAY)

April 1992
- June 1992

Joined the STANAVFORLANT

July 1994
- October 1994

Joined the STANAVFORLANT (participating in the embargo in the Adriatic Sea)

April 1995
- June 1995

Joined the STANAVFORLANT (participating in the embargo in the Adriatic Sea)

August 18, 2009

Finally laid up and being prepared for decommissioning.

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

 -

n/a

Notes

Was originally planned to be commissioned on May 25, 1981, but was damaged by a heavy fire in the main engine room May 14, 1981.

More Photos

The corvette OLFERT FISCHER in open sea...
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

Corvette OLFERT FISCHER

(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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