HDMS Peder Skram (F352)

HDMS Peder Skram 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.

Peder Skram at anchor
History
Denmark
Name: Peder Skram
Namesake: 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[1]
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:
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

History

Career

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.

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
HDMS Peder Skram in its current location in Copenhagen Holmen

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]

See also

References
  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.

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