HDMS Peder Skram (F352)


HDMS Peder Skram was a 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.

History

Career

Peder Skram was an innovative design using a hybrid propulsion system, a combined gas turbine and diesel approach. 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.