HDMS ''Peder Skram'' (F352) was a in the
Royal Danish Navy which was in use until 1990. It is now docked at
Holmen in
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
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
Peder Skram (died 11 July 1581) was a Danish Admiral and naval hero.
Biography
Skram born between 1491 and 1503, on his father's estate at Urup near Horsens in Jutland, Denmark.
He participated in military service during the Swedish War of L ...
, a 16th-century Danish
admiral
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.
Construction and career
She was laid down on 25 September 1964 and launched on 20 May 1965 by
Helsingør Skinsværft
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,
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). ''Peder Skram'' underwent significant refit in 1970 and a midlife update 1977–78
1982 Harpoon missile 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.
Gallery
File:F352 Peder Skram two towers.jpg, HDMS ''Peder Skram'' on 16 September 1978.
File:USS Iowa Peder Skram Rommel 1986.jpeg, USS Iowa
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* , a battleship that saw action during the Spanish–American War
* , a battleship already under construction when she was canceled by the Washington Nav ...
alongside Rommel and HDMS ''Peder Skram'' on 1 September 1986.
File:Fregatten Peder Skram.jpg, HDMS ''Peder Skram'' at Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
on 13 October 2007.
File:Denmark 0076 - F352 Peder Skram.jpg, HDMS ''Peder Skram'' at Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
on 16 September 2009.
File:Copenhagen 2014-11-30 (15875790399).jpg, HDMS ''Peder Skram'' at Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
on 30 November 2014.
File:Copenhagen 2015-04-10 (16993479009).jpg, HDMS ''Peder Skram'' at Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
on 10 April 2015.
File:Copenhagen 2016-06-11 (27691562774).jpg, HDMS ''Peder Skram'' at Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
on 11 June 2016.
File:Copenhagen 2018-03-03 (26521105767).jpg, HDMS ''Peder Skram'' at Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
on 3 March 2018.
See also
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List of museums in and around Copenhagen
The following is a list of museums in Copenhagen, including all of the ''Region Hovedstaden'' (best known in English-speaking countries as the Capital Region of Denmark).
The list
Visitor numbers
Visit Denmark, the national Danish tourist or ...
References
External links
Fregatten Peder Skram Museum Ship
Ships of the National Museum of Denmark
Museum ships in Copenhagen
Peder Skram-class frigates
Ships built in Helsingør
1965 ships
Frigates of the Cold War
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