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HDMS Peder Skram (F352)

Coordinates: 55°41′19″N 12°36′18″E / 55.6885°N 12.6049°E / 55.6885; 12.6049
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HDMS Peder Skram as museum ship on 6 August 2014
History
Denmark
NamePeder Skram
NamesakePeder Skram
BuilderHelsingør Skibsværft, Elsinore
Laid down25 September 1964
Launched20 May 1965
Commissioned25 May 1966
Decommissioned5 July 1990
Identification
FateMuseum ship[1]
General characteristics
Class and typePeder Skram-class frigate
Displacement2,755 t (2,711 long tons) full load
Length112.65 m (369 ft 7 in)
Beam12.25 m (40 ft 2 in)
Draught5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
Speed32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h)
Range7,200 nmi (13,300 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement207
Armament

HDMS Peder Skram (F352) was a Peder Skram-class frigate in the Royal Danish Navy which was in use until 1990. It is now docked at Holmen in Copenhagen where it serves as a privately operated museum ship along with the ships of the Royal Danish Naval Museum. The ship is named after Peder Skram, a 16th-century Danish admiral.

Construction and career

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She was laid down on 25 September 1964 and launched on 20 May 1965 by Helsingør Skinsværft, Elsinore. Commissioned on 25 May 1966.

Peder Skram was an innovative design using a hybrid propulsion system, a combined gas turbine and diesel approach (CODOG).[2] Peder Skram underwent significant refit in 1970 and a midlife update 1977–78 [3]

On 11 June 1980, along with a minelayer Falster, by aggressive manoeuvring, drove off Polish command landing ship ORP Grunwald, reconnoitering the Danish coast near Hesselø island.[4]

1982 Harpoon missile incident

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In 1982 Peder Skram was involved in the accidental launch of a Harpoon missile, which inflicted no bodily harm.

Peder Skram was decommissioned in 1990, internal installations were auctioned off as scrap two years later. In the mid-1990s it was decided to restore her as a museum ship.

Peder Skram is today operated as a museum ship on a volunteer basis. It is open to visitors every day from 11am to 5pm in the school summer and autumn vacations and in all weekends in June and August.[5]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Home". pederskram.dk.
  2. ^ Fregatten Peder Skram, The Museum Ship; Last accessed on June 27, 2007
  3. ^ Fregatterne Peder Skram og Herluf Trolle, Søren Nørby, Statens Forsvarshistoriske Museum, Copenhagen, 2006, ISBN 87-89022-48-3
  4. ^ Grotnik, Tomasz (December 2009). "Grunwald w opałach". Morze, Statki i Okręty (in Polish). No. 12(96)/2009. pp. 2nd cover.
  5. ^ "Peder Skram". Peder Skram. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
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55°41′19″N 12°36′18″E / 55.6885°N 12.6049°E / 55.6885; 12.6049