HDMS Peter Tordenskiold (F356)

For other ships with the same name, see HDMS Peter Tordenskiold.

HDMS Peter Tordenskiold (F356) was a Niels Juel-class corvette in the Royal Danish Navy which was in use until 1990. The ship is named after Peter Tordenskjold, a 17th-century Dano-Norwegian vice admiral.

HDMS Peter Tordenskiold underway on 4 September 2007
History
Denmark
Name	Peter Tordenskiold
Namesake	Peter Tordenskjold
Builder	Aalborg Værft, Aalborg
Laid down	3 December 1979
Launched	30 April 1980
Commissioned	2 April 1982
Decommissioned	18 August 2009
Identification	Callsign: OUET Pennant number: F356
Fate	Scrapped, 2013
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General characteristics
Class & type	Niels Juel-class corvette
Displacement	1,450 tonnes
Length	84 m (276 ft)
Beam	10.3 m (34 ft)
Draft	4.8 m (16 ft)
Installed power	25,700 shp (19,200 kW) gas turbine 4,800 bhp (3,600 kW) on diesel engine
Propulsion	1 × General Electric gas turbine 1 × MTU diesel engine
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (with turbine)
Range	4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) 1,020 nautical miles (1,890 km; 1,170 mi) at 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Endurance	25 days
Complement	93 standard 110 during operations
Armament	Harpoon SSM Sea Sparrow SAM VLS Stinger SAM Oto Melara 76 mm gun several heavy machine guns and a number of depth charges

Design

Main article: Niels Juel-class corvette

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 (SAM) launcher carrying 12 missiles, two FIM-92A Stinger SAM launchers, two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns, seven 12.7 mm M/01 LvSa^{[citation needed]} machine guns, and a Mark 3 Depth charge launcher.^[1]

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.^[1] Fire control is provided by a CelsiusTech 9 LV 200 gun radar, and a General Dynamics Mk 95 missile radar.^[1] She is fitted with a Plessey PMS-26 hull-mounted sonar.^[1] 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.^[1]

Construction and career

She was laid down on 3 December 1979 and launched on 30 April 1980 by Aalborg Værft, Aalborg. Commissioned on 2 April 1982.

Peter Tordenskjold was decommissioned in 2009 and was scrapped by Lindø shipyard in February 2013.^[2]

Gallery

• 
  HDMS Peter Tordenskiold alongside USS Forrest Sherman during BALTOPS 2009.
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  HDMS Peter Tordenskiold, HDMS Esbern Snare, HDMS Glenten and USS Mount Whitney during BALTOPS 2009.

See also

• HDMS Olfert Fischer (F355)
• HDMS Niels Juel (F354)