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Royal Danish Navy - Kongelige
Danske Marine Holger Danske class Frigate (ex UK / Canadian River class
Frigates) |
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HMCS Annan (K 404) - later renamed HDMS
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F 338 HDMS Holger Danske ex HMCS
Monnow / K 441 (River
class) |
Builder: Charles
Hill & Sons, Ltd., Bristol, UK Laid
down: June 28, 1943 Launched: December 4, 1943 Commissioned: August 3, 1944 (Royal Canadian Navy) Decommissioned: June 11, 1945 (RCN) sold to Denmark in 1945 renamed HDMS Holger Danske / F 338 Commissioned: October 20, 1945 Decommissioned: August 1, 1959 Fate: scrapped Namesake: Holger Danske was a Danish resistance
group during World War II. The group was
named after the legendary Danish hero Holger Danske. |
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F 339 HDMS Niels Ebbesen ex HMCS
Annan / K 404 (River
class) |
Builder: Hall,
Russell & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen, Scotland, UK Laid
down: June 10, 1943 Launched: December 29, 1943 Commissioned: January 13, 1944 (Royal Canadian Navy) Decommissioned: June 20, 1945 (RCN) sold to Denmark in 1945 renamed HDMS Niels Ebbesen / F 339 Commissioned: November 27, 1945 Decommissioned: May 8, 1963 Fate: scrapped Namesake: Niels
Ebbesen, Danish squire
and national hero (died 1340) F 339 HDMS Niels Ebbesen was used as a
training ship for navel cadets, carrying up to 90 trainees. She was decommissioned on 8 May 1963 and
broken up that year at Odense, Denmark. |
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Displacement: |
2110 tons (full load) |
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Length: |
91,8 meters |
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Beam: |
11,2 meters |
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Draft: |
4,0 meters |
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Speed: |
20 knots (37 km/h) |
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Propulsion: |
2 Admiralty 3-drum
boilers (5500 bhp) 2 shafts / 2
propellers |
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Range: |
7500 NM (13900 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
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Crew: |
approx. 160 |
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Armament: |
as built: 2 x 102mm
guns 1 x 40mm
MG 8 x 20mm
MG later: 2 x 127mm
guns 1 x 40mm
MG 8 x 20mm
MG later: 2 x 127mm
guns 3-4 x 40mm
MG 4 x 20mm
MG 1 x
Hedgehog Anti-Submarine mortar 1-2 x
depth charge launcher |
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NOTE: |
Both units were used as training ships for navel cadets, carrying
up to 90 trainees. |
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F 338 HDMS Holger Danske crest
F 339 HDMS Niels Ebbesen crest |
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