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HDMS Peter Tordenskiold (F356) was a Niels Juel-class corvette in the Royal Danish Navy which was in use until 1990. The ship is named after Peter Tordenskjold, a 17th-century Dano-Norwegian vice admiral.
 HDMS Peter Tordenskiold underway on 4 September 2007 | |
| History | |
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| Name | Peter Tordenskiold |
| Namesake | Peter Tordenskjold |
| Builder | Aalborg Værft, Aalborg |
| Laid down | 3 December 1979 |
| Launched | 30 April 1980 |
| Commissioned | 2 April 1982 |
| Decommissioned | 18 August 2009 |
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| Fate | Scrapped, 2013 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Niels Juel-class corvette |
| Displacement | 1,450 tonnes |
| Length | 84 m (276 ft) |
| Beam | 10.3 m (34 ft) |
| Draft | 4.8 m (16 ft) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (with turbine) |
| Range |
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| Endurance | 25 days |
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The corvettes are fitted with an Otobreda 76 mm main gun, two quad RGM-84C Harpoon Surface-to-surface missile (SSM) launchers, a Mod 3 VLS Sea Sparrow Surface-to-air missile (SAM) launcher carrying 12 missiles, two FIM-92A Stinger SAM launchers, two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns, seven 12.7 mm M/01 LvSa[citation needed] machine guns, and a Mark 3 Depth charge launcher.[1]
Olfert Fischer's radar suite consists of two Terma Scanter Mil 009 units for navigation, an EADS TRS-3D air search unit, and a CelsiusTech 9GR 600 surface search unit.[1] Fire control is provided by a CelsiusTech 9 LV 200 gun radar, and a General Dynamics Mk 95 missile radar.[1] She is fitted with a Plessey PMS-26 hull-mounted sonar.[1] The corvette is fitted with a Rascall Cutlass B-1 intercept unit, a Telgon HFD/F unit, and four 6-round Seagnat Mk 36 chaff launchers.[1]
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She was laid down on 3 December 1979 and launched on 30 April 1980 by Aalborg Værft, Aalborg. Commissioned on 2 April 1982.
Peter Tordenskjold was decommissioned in 2009 and was scrapped by Lindø shipyard in February 2013.[2]
HDMS Peter Tordenskiold alongside USS Forrest Sherman during BALTOPS 2009.
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