| Article number: | 10.11.015 |
The Danish torpedo boats Huitfeldt (D320) and Willemoes (D321) were two vessels of the Huitfeldt class, a series of two torpedo boats originally built during the Second World War and later deployed by the Royal Danish Navy.
Type: Torpedo boat, later classified as a coastal destroyer (1951) and finally as a patrol boat (1958)
Shipyards: Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen
Dimensions:
Length: 86.51 m
Beam: 8.50 m
Draught: 3.25 m
Displacement: 901 tonnes
Crew: 108 (11 officers and 97 crew members)
Engineering: 2 steam turbines, 24,000 hp, 2 propellers
Range: 1,600 nautical miles at 12 knots
The armament varied during the ships’ service. Originally, the ships were equipped with:
2 × 105 mm M/40 guns
2 × 40 mm Bofors L/60 guns
6 × 20 mm M/41 guns
6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (2x3)
2 × depth charge launchers of Swedish origin
60 mines (on mine rails on the deck)
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3 × 40 mm Bofors L/60 guns
4 × Mk.6 depth charge launchers
2 × depth charge launchers (18 depth charges)
Both ships were originally built under the names Nymfen and Najaden, but after the liberation they were renamed Huitfeldt and Willemoes in honour of two famous Danish naval heroes.
Huitfeldt (D320):
Commissioned: 26 July 1947
Decommissioned: 27 July 1964
Fate: Sold and scrapped in Antwerp, Belgium
Willemoes (D321):
Commissioned: 24 May 1947
Decommissioned: 11 January 1966
Fate: Sold and scrapped in Antwerp, Belgium
Specifications:
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Drawing number |
10.11.015 |
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Author |
L. Hellstrom |
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Description |
Danish torpedo boat "Huitfelt" D320, "Willemoes" D321 (1947) |
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Quality |
line drawing; side view; deck plan |
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Scale |
1 : 100 |
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Number of sheets A00 |
0 |
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Number of A0 sheets |
1 |
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Number of A1 sheets |
0 |
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Number of A2 sheets |
0 |
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Number of A3 sheets |
0 |
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Number of A4 sheets |
0 |
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Total number of drawing sheets |
1 |
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Number of A4 text sheets |
0 |
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Weight in grams |
105 |
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Details |
Overall length 98 cm |
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