HDMS Peder Skram (F352)

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HDMS Peder Skram F352 Royal Danish Navy Copenhagen Holmen 2014 01.jpg
HDMS Peder Skram as museum ship on 6 August 2014
History
Denmark
NamePeder Skram
NamesakePeder Skram
Builder, Elsinore
Laid down25 September 1964
Launched20 May 1965
Commissioned25 May 1966
Decommissioned5 July 1990
Identification
FateMuseum ship[1]
General characteristics
Class and type Peder 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
Speed30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Range7,200 nmi (13,300 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement207
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.

Construction and career[]

She was laid down on 25 September 1964 and launched on 20 May 1965 by , 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]

1982 Harpoon missile incident[]

Main article: 1982 Harpoon missile misfire incident

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.[4]

Gallery[]

  • HDMS Peder Skram on 16 September 1978.

  • USS Iowa alongside Rommel and HDMS Peder Skram on 1 September 1986.

  • HDMS Peder Skram at Copenhagen on 13 October 2007.

  • HDMS Peder Skram at Copenhagen on 16 September 2009.

  • HDMS Peder Skram at Copenhagen on 30 November 2014.

  • HDMS Peder Skram at Copenhagen on 10 April 2015.

  • HDMS Peder Skram at Copenhagen on 11 June 2016.

  • HDMS Peder Skram at Copenhagen on 3 March 2018.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ [1]
  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. ^ "Peder Skram". Peder Skram. Retrieved 2011-01-20.

External links[]

Coordinates: 55°41′19″N 12°36′18″E / 55.6885°N 12.6049°E / 55.6885; 12.6049

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