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DANISH ROYAL NAVY (DENMARK)

COASTAL FORCES

DAPHNE patrol boats (1961-1965)

Daphne 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Daphne P530 200 Orlogsværftets, København   10.11.1960 12.1961 stricken 6.1990
Dryaden P531 201 Orlogsværftets, København   1.3.1961 4.1962 stricken 7.1991
Havmanden P532 202 Orlogsværftets, København   16.5.1961 8.1962 stricken 1978
Havfruen P533 203 Orlogsværftets, København   4.10.1961 12.1962 stricken 2.1991
Najaden P534 204 Orlogsværftets, København   20.6.1962 4.1963 stricken 10.1991
Nymfen P535 205 Orlogsværftets, København   1.11.1962 10.1963 stricken 11.1991
Neptun P536 206 Orlogsværftets, København   29.5.1963 12.1963 stricken 10.1989
Ran P537 207 Orlogsværftets, København   10.7.1963 5.1964 stricken 3.1991
Rota P538 214 Orlogsværftets, København   26.11.1963 1.1965 stricken 10.1989

 

Displacement standard, t

150

Displacement full, t

170

Length, m

37.0

Breadth, m

6.80

Draught, m

2.60

No of shafts

3

Machinery

2 Maybach diesels + 1 Foden FD-6 diesel (cruising)

Power, h. p.

2600 + 100

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 315, 2 DCR, mines

Electronic equipment NWS-3 radar, PMS-26 sonar
Complement

23

Project history: Four were built under US Offshore Programme.

Modernizations: 1980s, all survived: - NWS-3 radar; + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, Terma 20T 48 Super radar

Naval service: No significant events.

Daphne 1978

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

© Ivan Gogin, 2016