Willemoes-class missile boat
Appearance
![]() HDMS Sehested (P547)
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Class overview | |
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Builders | Frederikshavn Værft, Frederikshavn |
Operators | ![]() |
Built | 1974–1978 |
In commission | 1977–2000 |
Planned | 10 |
Completed | 10 |
Retired | 10 |
Preserved | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Missile boat |
Displacement | 260 tons, standard |
Length | 46 m (150 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in) |
Draft | 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion | 3 x Rolls-Royce Proteus gas turbines (12,750 hp) and 2× General Motors 12V-71 diesel engines(730 hp) |
Speed | 40 kn (74 km/h) on gas turbines; 12 kn (22 km/h) on diesels |
Range | 400 nmi (740 km) at 36 kn (67 km/h) |
Complement | 24 |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Armament |
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The Willemoes-class missile boat was a Royal Danish Navy class of fast missile boats serving from late 1970s until 2000.[1] Designed by Orlogsværftet, in conjunction with the German yard Lürssen,[2] the Willemoes class could achieve a maximum speed in excess of 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph). Their weapons consisted of one 76 mm (3 in) OTO Melara gun and combination of RGM-84 Harpoon missiles and torpedo tubes. When the full assortment of eight Harpoons was carried, two 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes were carried as well. With Harpoons removed, up to four torpedo tubes could be mounted.[3] Alternatively, it could carry a payload of naval mines.
The guided missile boat HDMS Sehested is now a museum ship at Holmen.
List of ships
[edit]Pnt. | Name | Keel laid | Launched | Commissioned | Named by | Decommissioned | Callsign |
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P540 | ![]() |
18 October 1974 | 23 December 1974 | 14 June 1977 | Captain S. E. Thiede | 15 March 2000 | OVFV |
P541 | ![]() |
11 February 1975 | 18 April 1975 | 14 June 1977 | Rear Admiral H. M. Petersen | 15 March 2000 | OVFW |
P542 | Hammer | 6 June 1975 | 3 October 1975 | 1 February 1978 | Captain F. A. H. Kjølsen | 15 March 2000 | OVFX |
P543 | ![]() |
8 October 1975 | 16 January 1976 | 1 February 1978 | Vice Admiral S. E. Pontoppidan | 1 April 2000 | OVFY |
P544 | Krieger | 6 February 1976 | 19 May 1976 | 1 February 1978 | Vice Admiral A. Helms | 1 April 2000 | OVFZ |
P545 | ![]() |
3 June 1976 | 24 September 1976 | 15 February 1978 | Rear Admiral O. Brinck-Lund | 1 April 2000 | OVEA |
P546 | ![]() |
17 September 1976 | 9 December 1976 | 15 February 1978 | Mayor of Frederikshavn Villy Christensen | 1 October 2000 | OVEB |
P547 | ![]() |
22 December 1976 | 5 May 1977 | 19 May 1978 | Permanent Secretary P. V. Christiansen | 31. December 2000 | OVEC |
P548 | Suenson | 27 May 1977 | 26 August 1977 | 10 August 1978 | Minister of Defence Poul Søgaard | 1 April 2000 | OVED |
P549 | ![]() |
26 July 1974 | 19 October 1974 | 20 March 1977 | Prince Henrik | 1 July 2000 | OVEE |
References
[edit]- ^ Flådens historie: Willemoes-klassen
- ^ "WILLEMOES-klassen (1977-2000), Torpedomissilbåde".
- ^ PEJČOCH, Ivo; NOVÁK, Zdeněk; HÁJEK, Tomáš. Válečné lodě 6 – Afrika, Blízký východ a část zemí Evropy po roce 1945. Praha : Ares, 1994. ISBN 80-86158-02-0. p. 63.
- Flådens historie: Willemoes-klassen
- PEJČOCH, Ivo; NOVÁK, Zdeněk; HÁJEK, Tomáš. Válečné lodě 6 – Afrika, Blízký východ a část zemí Evropy po roce 1945. Praha : Ares, 1994. ISBN 80-86158-02-0. pg. 63.