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S-Boats in the Royal Danish Navy 1947 - 2000 (Søværnet)

"Willemoes"-Class

P547 "Sehested" at Holmen/Copenhagen - Picture: Sandro Kleinert

"Willemoes"-Class as Motortorpedoboat - Picture from Borck/Nørby: Søheltenes Skibe

"Willemoes"-Class as Missiltorpedoboat - Picture from Borck/Nørby: Søheltenes Skibe

"Bille" - P 540 of "Willemoes-class still without missiles - Picture: Archiv T. Kunzmann

 

Tekniske Data

 Length 46,0 m
Beam 7,40 m
Draught 2,45 m
Tonnage 260 t
Complement 25 men (6 off., 19 sergents and ratings)
Armament until 1978
4 x Torpedotubes 53,3 cm with German torpedoes T1, later Swedish wireguided TP 61 and TP 63
1 x 76 mm Oto Melara
2 x MG 7,6 mm
2 x 3 113mm rockets (flares og chaff)
16 mines
Armament after 1978
4 x Harpoon SSM
2 x ToRo 53,3 cm with torpedoes TP 61 and TP 613
2 x MG 7,6 mm

2 x 3 103 mm rocketsr (flares and chaff)
16 mines
fra 1990 + 2 x 6fag SeaGnat SRBOC-launcher Mk 38
fra 1993 + 2 x Stinger LV M/93
Driv CODOG
3 x Rolls  Royce Proteus gasturbines 4250 PS each
2 x General Motors Diesel-Engines 12V71 365 PS each
Speed 36 - 38 kts on gasturbines
Marchspeed  12 kts on Diesels
Shipyard Frederikshavn Værft
Design Orlogsværftet and Lürssen-Werft

Boats of the Class
Boat Hull-No. Callsign commissioned decommissioned
Bille P 540 OVFV 14.06.1977 15.03.2000
Bredal P541 OVFW 14.06.1977 15.03.2000
Hammer P542 OVFX 01.02.1978 15.03.2000
Huitfeldt P543 OVFY 01.02.1978 01.04.2000
Krieger P544 OVFZ 01.02.1978 01.04.2000
Norby P545 OVEA 15.02.1978 01.04.2000
Rodsteen P546 OVEB 15.02.1978 01.10.2000
Sehested P547 OVEC 19.05.1978 31.12.2000
Suenson P548 OVED 10.08.1978 01.04.2000
Willemoes P549 OVEE 20.03.1977 01.07.2000

 

Sensors of  "Willemoes"class - Picture: from Borck/Nørby: Søheltenes Skibe

Tactical Datahandlingsystem of "Willemoes"-class - Picture Borck/Nørby: Søheltenes Skibe

 

Bow painted after Cannon-Ball-Race, inside fastest boat, outside slowest boat - Picture: Archives Orlogsmuseum

In 2000 all boats of "Willemoes"-classe were decommissioned and sustituted by Patrol-Boats of "Flyvefisken"-class (StanFlex 300).