HDMS Peder Skram (F352)

History
Name	Peder Skram
Builder	Helsingør Skibsværft (Elsinore Ship Yard), Denmark
Laid down	25 September 1964
Launched	20 May 1965
Commissioned	25 May 1966
Decommissioned	5 July 1990
Fate	Museum ship
General characteristics
Class and type	Peder Skram-class frigate
Displacement	2,755 t (2,711 long tons) full load
Length	112.65 m (369 ft 7 in)
Beam	12.25 m (40 ft 2 in)
Draught	5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × 22,000 shp (16,405 kW) gas turbines (modified Pratt & Whitney JT4); 2 × 2,400 shp (1,790 kW) General Motors diesel engines;
Speed	30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Range	7,200 nmi (13,300 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement	207
Armament	Up to 1977 :; 4 × 127 mm cannon (US 5"/38 caliber gun); 4 × 40 mm L/70 cannon (Bofors 40 mm); Depth charges; 4 × 533 mm torpedoes; From 1978 :; 2 × 127 mm cannon (US 5"/38 caliber gun); 4 × 40 mm L/70 cannon (Bofors 40 mm); Depth charges; 4 × 533 mm torpedoes; 8 × Sea Sparrow SAMs; 8 × Harpoon SSMs;

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.

History

Career

Peder Skram was an innovative design using a hybrid propulsion system, a combined gas turbine and diesel approach (CODOG).^[1] Peder Skram underwent significant refit in 1970 and a midlife update 1977–78 ^[2]

1982 Harpoon missile incident

In 1982 Peder Skram was involved in the accidental launch of a Harpoon missile, fortunately without inflicting bodily harm.

Decommissioning

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.

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.^[3]

References

^ Fregatten Peder Skram, The Museum Ship; Last accessed on June 27, 2007
^ Fregatterne Peder Skram og Herluf Trolle, Søren Nørby, Statens Forsvarshistoriske Museum, Copenhagen, 2006, ISBN 87-89022-48-3
^ "Peder Skram". Peder Skram. Retrieved 2011-01-20.

External links

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[1] Fregatten Peder Skram, The Museum Ship; Last accessed on June 27, 2007

[2] Fregatterne Peder Skram og Herluf Trolle, Søren Nørby, Statens Forsvarshistoriske Museum, Copenhagen, 2006, ISBN 87-89022-48-3

[3] "Peder Skram". Peder Skram. Retrieved 2011-01-20.

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