HDMS Peter Tordenskiold (F356)

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 Niels Juel, a 17th-century Danish admiral.

For other ships with the same name, see HDMS Peter Tordenskiold.
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:
Fate: Scrapped, 2013
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and 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:
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:

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 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.

Niels Juel was decommissioned in 2009 and was scrapped by Lindø shipyard in February 2013.[2]

See also

References
  1. Wertheim (ed.), Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World, p. 154
  2. "PETER TORDENSKIOLD (1982- ), Korvet". www.navalhistory.dk. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
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