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BESKYTTEREN guard ship (1900/1944)

Beskytteren 1943

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Beskytteren   97 Orlogsvaerftet, Kopenhagen, Denmark 1900 7.6.1900 1900 // 1944 surrendered 5.1945, to Denmark 5.1945

 

Displacement standard, t

415

Displacement full, t

445

Length, m

40.8 wl 43.4 oa

Breadth, m

7.51

Draught, m

3.56

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

680

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

 
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

unknown

Complement  

Project history: Ex-Danish fishery protection vessel was captured 29.8.1943 and used as guard ship.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Beskytteren was returned to Denmark in 1945 and sold in 1950.

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

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