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Classification

Type:

Seaward Defense Craft

Class:

DAPHNE Class

Other Ships
in Class:

P530 DAPHNE
P531 DRYADEN
P532 HAVMANDEN
P533 HAVFRUEN
P534 NAJADEN
P535 NYMFEN
P536 NEPTUN
P537 RAN

Specifications

Built by:

Naval Dock Yard, Holmen

Design:

Naval Dock Yard Design Bureau

Laid down:

June 19, 1963

Launched:

November 26, 1963

Commissioned:

January 20, 1965

Decommissioned:

October 31, 1989

Pennant Number:

P538

Int'l Call Sign:

OVCU

Displacement:

195.4 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

(LOA) 37.00 m
(LWL) 35.25 m

6.75 m

2.09 m

Complement:

23 men (4 officers, 19 ratings & enlisted)

Propulsion:

2 ea Maybach Diesel engines MD655/18 at 1,800 Hps
1 ea Foden Diesel engine FD6 Mk.III at 115 Hps *)
2 ea Propellers
*) An additional propeller was mounted after 1970 for cruising speed on the Folden Diesel Engine

Range:

668 nautical miles at 18.1 knots

Armament:

1 ea 40 mm Machine Gun M/48 LvSa
2 ea 7.62 mm Light Machineguns (2x1)
2 ea Depth charge mortars
2 ea Depth charge Launchers (32 depth charges)
6 ea mines (side releasing)
1 ea 51 mm Rocket Launcher (removed ar. 1986-87)

replaced by:

1 ea 20 mm Machine Gun M/42 LvSa

Speed:

22.33 knob
*) 6.58 knots on 1 propeller and Folden Diesel Engine

Notes

The ships were constructed on the basis of the British FORD Class patrol vessels.

Originally painted in olive green like the Fast Patrol Boats, but during 1980-1984 all the ships were painted in the standard navy grey.

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