HDMS Herluf Trolle (F353)

HDMS Herluf Trolle (F353) was a Peder Skram-class frigate in the Royal Danish Navy which was in use until 1990. The ship is named after Herluf Trolle, a 15th-century Danish admiral.

HDMS Herluf Trolle at Kiel on 20 June 1970
History
Denmark
Name:	Herluf Trolle
Namesake:	Herluf Trolle
Builder:	Helsingør Skibsværft, Elsinore
Laid down:	18 December 1964
Launched:	8 September 1965
Commissioned:	16 April 1967
Decommissioned:	5 July 1990
Identification:	Callsign: OUEQ Pennant number: F353
Fate:	Scrapped in 1995
General characteristics
Class and type:	Peder Skram-class frigate
Displacement:	2,755 t (2,711 long tons) full load
Length:	112.65 m (369 ft 7 in)
Beam:	12.25 m (40 ft 2 in)
Draught:	5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion:	2 × 22,000 shp (16,405 kW) gas turbines (modified Pratt & Whitney JT4) 2 × 2,400 shp (1,790 kW) General Motors diesel engines
Speed:	30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Range:	7,200 nmi (13,300 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement:	207
Armament:	Up to 1977 : 4 × 127 mm cannon (US 5"/38 caliber gun) 4 × 40 mm L/70 cannon (Bofors 40 mm) Depth charges 4 × 533 mm torpedoes From 1978 : 2 × 127 mm cannon (US 5"/38 caliber gun) 4 × 40 mm L/70 cannon (Bofors 40 mm) Depth charges 4 × 533 mm torpedoes 8 × Sea Sparrow SAMs 8 × Harpoon SSMs

Construction and career

She was laid down on 18 December 1964 and launched on 8 September 1965 by Helsingør Skinsværft, Elsinore. Commissioned on 16 April 1967.

Herluf Trolle was an innovative design using a hybrid propulsion system, a combined gas turbine and diesel approach (CODOG).[1] Herluf Trolle underwent significant refit in 1970 and a midlife update 1977–78.[2]

During Kiel Week on 20 June 1970, she participated with multiple other German vessels.

She suffered a serious engine room fire in 1982 and was repaired by 1983.

Herluf Trolle was placed in reserve in 1987, decommissioned in 1990 and sold for auction in 1992. She was scrapped in Belgium in 1995.[3]

Gallery

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  HDMS Herluf Trolle alongside NRP Almirante Magalhães Correia at Den Helder on 24 August 1973.
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  HDMS Herluf Trolle alongside NRP Almirante Magalhães Correia at Den Helder on 24 August 1973.

See also

• HDMS Sælen (S323)
• HDMS Peder Skram (F352)

References

1. Fregatten Peder Skram, The Museum Ship; Last accessed on June 27, 2007
2. Fregatterne Peder Skram og Herluf Trolle, Søren Nørby, Statens Forsvarshistoriske Museum, Copenhagen, 2006, ISBN 87-89022-48-3
3. "HERLUF TROLLE (1967-1990), Fregat". navalhistory.dk. Retrieved 2020-12-02.

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