Peder Skram (F 352)
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HDMS Peder Skram (F352) was a Peder Skram class frigate
Peder Skram class frigate
The Peder Skram class frigate was a class of frigate built for the Royal Danish Navy in the period 1964 - 1967. Only two vessels in this class were ever constructed, Peder Skram F352 and . The ships were named after Danish Admirals Peder Skram and Herluf TrolleThe ships were modernised in 1976-78...

 in the Royal Danish Navy
Royal Danish Navy
The Royal Danish Navy is the sea-based branch of the Danish Defence force. The RDN is mainly responsible for maritime defence and maintaining the sovereignty of Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese territorial waters...

 which was in use until 1990. It was named after Peder Skram
Peder Skram
Peder Skram was a Danish senator and naval hero, born between 1491 and 1503, at his father's estate at Urup near Horsens in Jutland....

, a 16th century Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 admiral
Admiral
Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...

.

Today it lies at Holmen
Holmen, Copenhagen
Holmen is an area in central Copenhagen, Denmark. In spite of its name, deceptively in singular, Holmen is a congregation of small islands, forming a north-eastern extension of Christianshavn between Zealand and the northern tip of Amager....

 where it serves as a museum ship.

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, fortunately without inflicting 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 11 til 17 i the school's summer and autumn vacations and in all week ends in June and August.

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