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S-Boats in the Royal Danish Navy 1947 - 2000 (Søværnet)
"Willemoes"-Class
P547 "Sehested" at Holmen/København - Picture: Sandro Kleinert
"Willemoes"-Class as Motortorpedobåd - Picture from Borck/Nørby: Søheltenes Skibe
"Willemoes"-Class as Missiltorpedobåd - Picture from Borck/Nørby: Søheltenes Skibe
"Bille" - P 540 of "Willemoes"-cass still without missiles - Picture: Archives T. Kunzmann
Technical Data
| Længde | 46,0 m | |||||
| Bredde | 7,40 m | |||||
| Dybgang | 2,45 m | |||||
| Tonnage | 260 t | |||||
| Besætning | 25 mand (6 off., 19 befalingsmænd og menige) | |||||
| Våben indtil 1977 |
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| Våben efter 1977 |
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| fra 1990 | + 2 x 6fag SeaGnat SRBOC-launcher Mk 38 | |||||
| fra 1993 | + 2 x Stinger LV M/93 | |||||
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| Fart | 36 - 38 kn med gasturbiner | |||||
| Marchfart | 12 kn med Diesel | |||||
| Byggeværft | Frederikshavn Værft | |||||
| Design | Orlogsværftet und Lürssen-Werft |
Bådene af Klassen
| Båd | Hull-No. | Callsign | indført | udgået |
| 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 |
Sensorer af "Willemoes"-klassen - Billede: fra Borck/Nørby: Søheltenes Skibe
Taktisk Databehandlingsystem af "Willemoes"-klasse - Billede fra Borck/Nørby: Søheltenes Skibe
Bovbemaling efter Cannon-Ball-Race, inderst hutigste båd, udenfor langsomst båd - Billede: Arkiv Orlogsmuseum
In 1968 Søværnet planned again to build new motortorpedoboats. Since the boats of the Eastbloc were superior in artillery than the boats up to now in terms of calibre and firecontrol emphasis was laid on a stronger artillery-armament than available in up to then Sboat-classes.
The operation room and the radio-room were to be situated at orlop-deck thus the was only little space for the engine-rooms at a boatlength of 45 meters what supported the choise of gasturbines instead of diesel-motors. As a moneuvre-propulsion and for lower speeds to diesel-motors were demanded on the outer shafts. The Swedish "Spica"-class was was godfather for the Danish considerations.
Since Denmark persued an own system for automatic datatransfer and -evaluation DEPLO (Danish Electronic Plotting System) as a development of the Swedish EPLO NTDS instead of a NTDS as implemented by many NATO-units - i.g. SATIR, AGIS and PALIS in German units was planned for the new class of boats.
The project got the working-title "TB-68". In 1971 the new constructions were signed out and both Frederikhavn Værft and Orlogsværftet delivered an offer. In 1972 eight boats were ordered at Frederikshavn Værft. The first boat was commissioned on 19.10.1974. In 1973 two further boats were ordered at the shipyard. The boats got names of Danish Seaheroes and got the indicator "Willemoes"-class, in Denmark they also were called "Søheltenes Skibe" - Ship's of the seaheroes - (compare with the same title under Literature). With this class of boats the Swedish wire-guided torpedo TP 61 ws introduced to Søværnet. In 1977 the boats were retrofitted with the Harpoon-system. Therefore, the aft torpdo-tubes were demounted. Also the boats were retrofitted with STINGER-missiles, SEAGNAT-SRBOC and DESMO-ESM-system. 1987 until 1989 the boats were fitted with the new TDS (Tactical Data System by Terma A/S). The 10. and last boat of class, P 549 "Suenson", was commissioned on 10.08.1978.
Museumsboat P547 "Sehested" of "Willemoes"-Class at Holmen/Copenhagen - Picture: Sandro Kleinert