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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Data Sheet

Service

CO's

Photo Album

Crest

Classification

Type:

Minelayer

Class:

FALSTER Class

Other Ships
in Class:

N81 FYEN
N82 MØEN
N83 SJÆLLAND

Specifications

Built by:

Nakskov Ship Yard Ltd., Denmark

Design:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Laid down:

April 7, 1962

Launched:

September 19, 1962

Commissioned:

November 7, 1963

Decommissioned:

January 1, 2000

Pennant Number:

N80

Int'l Call Sign:

OVLN

Displacement:

1,991 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

76.94 m

12.80 m

3.69 m

Complement:

120 men

From 1993/94:

74 men (10 officers and 64 ratings and enlisted)

Propulsion:

2 ea GM Diesel Engines 4,000 Hps
2 ea Propellers

Range:

5,820 nautical miles at 11.4 knots

Armament:

4 ea 76 mm Guns Mk M/60 LvSa2 (2x2)

From 1986-1993/94 further:

4 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa LvSa (4x1)

After 1993/94:

2 ea 76 mm Guns Mk M/60 LvSa2 (1x2)
3 ea Stinger Lv M/93
4 ea Seagnat/SBROC Mk. 36 (4x6)

Mine Load:

300-400 mines, estimated 290 tons

Speed:

17.0 knots

History

Date:

Military Service:

May 1964

Visit to the Soviet Union

June 1971

Visit to the Soviet Union

September 1973

In the Royal Flotilla to Finland

April 1974

Visit to England

1977

Took part in the Danish movie "Piger til søs"

May-June 1979

Visit to the Soviet Union

1990-1991

Extended Lifetime overhaul at Danyard, Frederikshavn

October 1992

Visit to Norway

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

 -

n/a

Notes

None

More Photos

On this picture one can get a clear view of the large mine doors at the stern
of the minelayer FALSTER.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

The minelayer FALSTER is here seen at Malaga, Spain.
(Photo: Eugenio Castillo, Spain)

Sources:

&

Flådens skibe og fartøjer 1945-1995, by Gunnar Olsen and Svenn Storgaard, Marinehistoriske skrifter,  Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-13-2)

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Søværnets operative Kommando, (Admiral Danish Fleet) Aarhus.

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography