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Bille 1979

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Bille	P540		Frederikshavn Værft	18.10.1974	23.12.1974	14.6.1977	stricken 3.2000
Bredal	P541		Frederikshavn Værft	11.2.1975	18.4.1975	14.6.1977	stricken 3.2000
Hammer	P542		Frederikshavn Værft	6.6.1975	3.10.1975	1.2.1978	stricken 3.2000
Huitfeldt	P543		Frederikshavn Værft	8.10.1975	16.1.1976	1.2.1978	stricken 4.2000
Krieger	P544		Frederikshavn Værft	6.2.1976	19.5.1976	1.2.1978	stricken 4.2000
Norby	P545		Frederikshavn Værft	3.6.1976	24.9.1976	15.2.1978	stricken 4.2000
Rodsteen	P546		Frederikshavn Værft	17.9.1976	9.12.1976	15.2.1978	stricken 10.2000
Sehested	P547		Frederikshavn Værft	22.12.1976	5.5.1977	19.5.1978	stricken 12.2000
Suenson	P548		Frederikshavn Værft	27.5.1977	26.8.1977	10.8.1978	stricken 4.2000
Willemoes	P549		Frederikshavn Værft	26.7.1974	19.10.1974	20.3.1977	stricken 7.2000

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	232
Displacement full, t	265
Length, m	42.4 pp 46.1 oa
Breadth, m	7.40
Draught, m	2.10 hull 2.70 propellers
No of shafts	3
Machinery	CODOG: 3 Rolls-Royce Proteus 52M/544 gas turbines / 2 General Motors 8V-71 diesels
Power, h. p.	12750 / 920
Max speed, kts	40
Fuel, t	diesel / gas turbine oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	400(36)
Armament	2 x 2 Harpoon SSM (4 RGM-84A), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 - 533 TT (Tp 61) or 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 6 - 533 TT (Tp 61) or 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 20 mines
Electronic equipment	NWS-3, 9LV 200 radars, CEPLO CCS
Complement	25

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Project history

Based on SSwedish Spica II class. Willemoes was completed without SSMs, only with gun and torpedoes.

Modernizations

mid-1980s, all: - NWS-3 radar; + Terma 20T48, 9GA-208 radars, Cutlass B-1 ECM suite

Naval service

No significant events.