Niels Ebbesen 1960
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Holger Danske (ex-Monnow) | F338 | Hill, Bristol, UK | 9.1943 | 4.12.1943 | 8.1944 // 20.10.1945 | stricken 8.1959 | |
Niels Ebbesen (ex-Annan) | F339 | 774 | Hall Russell, Aberdeen, UK | 6.1943 | 29.12.1943 | 6.1944 // 22.11.1945 | stricken 5.1963 |
Displacement standard, t |
1460 |
Displacement full, t |
2180 |
Length, m |
86.3 pp 91.8 oa |
Breadth, m |
11.2 |
Draught, m |
3.61 - 3.89 deep load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
Power, h. p. |
5500 |
Max speed, kts |
20 |
Fuel, t |
oil 646 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 102/40 CP MK XXIII, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (126) |
Electronic equipment |
type 271 or type 272, type 291 or type 277 radars, type 144 sonar |
Complement |
140 |
Project history: Former British (both also served under Canadian flag) 'River' class frigates. Served as TS.
Modernizations: 1946, both: + 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 450 TT
1948-1949, both: - 2 x 1 - 102/40; + 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30
1951, both: - 2 x 2 - 20/70; + 3 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3
1952, both: - 2 x 1 - 450 TT
Naval service: No significant events.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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