Name Peder Skram Laid down 25 September 1964 Decommissioned 5 July 1990 Construction started 25 September 1964 Phone +45 32 57 13 16 | Namesake Peder Skram Commissioned 25 May 1966 Length 113 m Launched 20 May 1965 | |
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Builder Helsingør Skibsværft (Elsinore Ship Yard), Denmark Address Elefanten, 1439 København K, Denmark Similar Holmen - Copenhagen, HNLMS Schorpioen, MV Cape Don, Lightship Finngrundet, Forceful | ||
HDMS Peder Skram was a Peder Skram-class frigate in the Royal Danish Navy which was in use until 1990. It is now docked at Holmen in Copenhagen where it serves as a privately operated museum ship along with the ships of the Royal Danish Naval Museum. The ship is named after Peder Skram, a 16th-century Danish admiral.
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Career
Peder Skram was an innovative design using a hybrid propulsion system, a combined gas turbine and diesel approach (CODOG). Peder Skram underwent significant refit in 1970 and a midlife update 1977–78
1982 Harpoon missile incident
In 1982 Peder Skram was involved in the accidental launch of a Harpoon missile, which inflicted no bodily harm.
Decommissioning
Peder Skram was decommissioned in 1990, internal installations were auctioned off as scrap two years later. In the mid-1990s it was decided to restore her as a museum ship.
Museum ship
Peder Skram is today operated as a museum ship on a volunteer basis. It is open to visitors every day from 11am to 5pm in the school summer and autumn vacations and in all weekends in June and August.