HDMS Sehested (P547) as a museum ship at the Holmen Naval Base
HDMS Sehested (P547) as a museum ship at the Holmen Naval Base
HDMS Sehested (P547)
Class overview
BuildersFrederikshavn Værft, Frederikshavn
Operators Royal Danish Navy
Built1974–1978
In commission1977–2000
Planned10
Completed10
Retired10
Preserved1
General characteristics
TypeMissile boat
Displacement260 tons, standard
Length46 m (150 ft 11 in)
Beam7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Draft2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
Propulsion3 x Rolls-Royce Proteus gas turbines (12,750 hp) and 2× General Motors 12V-71 diesel engines(730 hp)
Speed40 kn (74 km/h) on gas turbines; 12 kn (22 km/h) on diesels
Range400 nmi (740 km) at 36 kn (67 km/h)
Complement24
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1× Terma 20T48 navigation radar
  • 1× Philips Elektronik AB 9GR-208 air/surface radar
  • 1× Bofors Electronics 9LV Mk 1 (RAKEL 203) fire control radar
  • 1 × 9LV Naval Combat Management System
  • Racal Cutlass B-1 ESM
Armament

The Willemoes-class missile boat was a Royal Danish Navy class of fast missile boats serving from late 1970s until 2000.[1] Designed by Orlogsværftet, in conjunction with the German yard Lürssen,[2] the Willemoes class could achieve a maximum speed in excess of 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph). Their weapons consisted of one 76 mm (3 in) OTO Melara gun and combination of RGM-84 Harpoon missiles and torpedo tubes. When the full assortment of eight Harpoons was carried, two 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes were carried as well. With Harpoons removed, up to four torpedo tubes could be mounted.[3] Alternatively, it could carry a payload of naval mines.

The guided missile boat HDMS Sehested is now a museum ship at Holmen.

List of ships

Pnt. Name Keel laid Launched Commissioned Named by Decommissioned Callsign
P540 Bille18 October 197423 December 197414 June 1977Captain S. E. Thiede15 March 2000OVFV
P541 Bredal11 February 197518 April 197514 June 1977Rear Admiral H. M. Petersen15 March 2000OVFW
P542Hammer6 June 19753 October 19751 February 1978Captain F. A. H. Kjølsen15 March 2000OVFX
P543 Huitfeldt8 October 197516 January 19761 February 1978Vice Admiral S. E. Pontoppidan1 April 2000OVFY
P544Krieger6 February 197619 May 19761 February 1978Vice Admiral A. Helms1 April 2000OVFZ
P545 Norby3 June 197624 September 197615 February 1978Rear Admiral O. Brinck-Lund1 April 2000OVEA
P546 Rodsteen17 September 19769 December 197615 February 1978Mayor of Frederikshavn Villy Christensen1 October 2000OVEB
P547 Sehested22 December 19765 May 197719 May 1978Permanent Secretary P. V. Christiansen31. December 2000OVEC
P548Suenson27 May 197726 August 197710 August 1978Minister of Defence Poul Søgaard1 April 2000OVED
P549 Willemoes26 July 197419 October 197420 March 1977Prince Henrik1 July 2000OVEE

References

  1. ↑ Flådens historie: Willemoes-klassen
  2. ↑ "WILLEMOES-klassen (1977-2000), Torpedomissilbåde".
  3. ↑ PEJČOCH, Ivo; NOVÁK, Zdeněk; HÁJEK, Tomáš. Válečné lodě 6 – Afrika, Blízký východ a část zemí Evropy po roce 1945. Praha : Ares, 1994. ISBN 80-86158-02-0. p. 63.
  • Flådens historie: Willemoes-klassen
  • PEJČOCH, Ivo; NOVÁK, Zdeněk; HÁJEK, Tomáš. Válečné lodě 6 – Afrika, Blízký východ a část zemí Evropy po roce 1945. Praha : Ares, 1994. ISBN 80-86158-02-0. pg. 63.
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