Peder Skram-class frigate

Peder Skram
Class overview
Name	Peder Skram
Builders	Helsingør Skibsværft og Maskinbyggeri A/S, Denmark
Operators	Royal Danish Navy
Succeeded by	Niels Juel-class corvette
Built	1964-1967
In commission	1967-1990
Planned	2
Completed	2
Retired	2
Preserved	1
General characteristics
Type	frigate
Displacement	2200 tons standard, 2720 tons full load
Length	112.6 m
Beam	12 m
Draught	4.3 m
Propulsion	2 shaft CODOG, 2 x 22,000 SHP gas turbines (modified Pratt & Whitney JT4); 2 x 2,400 SHP General Motors diesel engines
Speed	28 knots
Range	2500 nmi at 18 knots
Complement	Initially 207 After Mid-Life Update 180
Sensors and processing systems	Radar: CWS-2, CWS-3, NWS-1, NWS-2, 3 x M-66, 2 x Mk91 (added on refit) Sonar: MS-26
Armament	As Built 4 5 inch/38 guns (2x2) 4 × 40 mm/L70 Bofors (4 single mounts) guns 8 × Depth Charges 4 × 553mm torpedo tubes (2x2) - Fitted in 1970 After Mid-Life Update 2 5 inch/38 guns (2x2) 4 × 40 mm/L70 Bofors (4 single mounts) guns 4 × 21 inch torpedo tubes (2x2) 8 - Harpoon SSM 1 × 8 Sea Sparrow SAM launcher 8 × Depth Charges
Aviation facilities	nil

The Peder Skram class frigate was a class of frigate built for the Royal Danish Navy in the period 1964 - 1967. Only two vessels in this class were ever constructed, Peder Skram F352 and Herluf Trolle F353. The ships were named after Danish Admirals Peder Skram and Herluf Trolle

The ships were modernised in 1976-78 and fitted with guided missiles. Herluf Trolle suffered a serious engine room fire in 1982 and was repaired by 1983. Both ships were placed in reserve in 1987 decommissioned in 1990. Peder Skram is preserved and open to the public at the naval station in Copenhagen. Herluf Trolle was scrapped in Belgium in 1995.

References

• Gardiner, Robert (ed.). Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. London: Conway Maritime. ISBN 0-85177-605-1. OCLC 34284130. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |origdate= and |origmonth= (help) Also published as Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław. Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7. OCLC 34267261. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |origmonth= and |origdate= (help)
• Nørby, Søren. Fregatterne Peder Skram og Herluf Trolle. Copenhagen: Statens Forsvarshistoriske Museum. ISBN 87-89022-48-3. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |origdate= and |origmonth= (help)
• - page from Danish Naval History