HDMS ''Peter Tordenskiold'' (F356) was a in the
Royal Danish Navy which was in use until 1990. The ship is named after
Peter Tordenskjold
Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold (28 October 1690 – 12 November 1720), commonly referred to as Tordenskjold (), was a Norwegian nobleman and flag officer who spent his career in the service of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. He rose to the rank ...
, a 17th-century Dano-Norwegian
vice admiral.
Design
The corvettes are fitted with an
Otobreda 76 mm main gun, two quad
RGM-84C Harpoon Surface-to-surface missile (SSM) launchers, a Mod 3 VLS
Sea Sparrow Surface-to-air missile
A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-aircraft syst ...
(SAM) launcher carrying 12 missiles, two
FIM-92A Stinger SAM launchers, two
20 mm Oerlikon
The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons, based on an original German Becker Type M2 20 mm cannon design that appeared very early in World War I. It was widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others, with various models emplo ...
anti-aircraft guns, seven 12.7 mm
M/01 LvSa machine guns, and a Mark 3
Depth charge
A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapon. It is intended to destroy a submarine by being dropped into the water nearby and detonating, subjecting the target to a powerful and destructive Shock factor, hydraulic shock. Most depth ...
launcher.
[Wertheim (ed.), ''Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World'', p. 154]
''Olfert Fischer''s radar suite consists of two Terma Scanter Mil 009 units for navigation, an EADS TRS-3D air search unit, and a CelsiusTech 9GR 600 surface search unit.
Fire control
Fire control is the practice of reducing the heat output of a fire, reducing the area over which the fire exists, or suppressing or extinguishing the fire by depriving it of fuel, oxygen, or heat (see fire triangle). Fire prevention and control ...
is provided by a CelsiusTech 9 LV 200 gun radar, and a General Dynamics Mk 95 missile radar.
She is fitted with a Plessey PMS-26 hull-mounted sonar.
The corvette is fitted with a Rascall Cutlass B-1 intercept unit, a Telgon HFD/F unit, and four 6-round
Seagnat Mk 36 chaff launchers.
Construction and career
She was laid down on 3 December 1979 and launched on 30 April 1980 by
Aalborg Værft
Aalborg Shipyard (''Danish: Aalborg Værft A/S'') was a shipyard located in Aalborg, Denmark.
Founded in 1912 by brothers Immanuel Stuhr and Peter Philip Stuhr, the shipyard was founded under the name Stuhr Engine and Ship Construction, a developm ...
,
Aalborg
Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022). As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of Aalb ...
. Commissioned on 2 April 1982.
''Peter Tordenskjold'' was decommissioned in 2009 and was scrapped by
Lindø shipyard in February 2013.
Gallery
File:US Navy 090608-N-0793R-006 The guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) is underway with the Danish Navy corvette HDMS Peter Terdemskiold (F 356) during exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2009.jpg, HDMS ''Peter Tordenskiold'' alongside USS Forrest Sherman
Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS ''Forrest Sherman'' for Admiral Forrest Sherman.
* was the lead ship
The lead ship, name ship, or class leader is the first of a series or class of ships all constructed according to ...
during BALTOPS 2009.
File:US Navy 090608-N-0793R-003 The amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC-JCC 20) leads Danish Navy ships on the first day of the Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) exercise.jpg, HDMS ''Peter Tordenskiold'', HDMS Esbern Snare, HDMS Glenten and USS Mount Whitney during BALTOPS 2009.
See also
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References
External links
Niels Juel-class corvettes
Ships built in Aalborg
1980 ships
Corvettes of the Cold War
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