Niels Juel-class corvette

	F356 Peter Tordenskiold
Class overview
Name	Niels Juel class
Builders	Aalborg Værft A/S
Operators	Royal Danish Navy
Preceded by	Peder Skram-class frigate; Triton-class corvette;
Succeeded by	Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate
Built	1978–1980
In commission	1980–2009
Planned	3
Completed	3
Scrapped	3
General characteristics
Type	Corvette
Displacement	1,450 tonnes
Length	84 m (276 ft)
Beam	10.3 m (34 ft)
Draft	4.8 m (16 ft)
Installed power	25,700 shp (19,200 kW) gas turbine ; 4,800 bhp (3,600 kW) on diesel engine;
Propulsion	1 × General Electric gas turbine; 1 × MTU-20V-956 diesel engine;
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (with turbine)
Range	4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph); 1,020 nautical miles (1,890 km; 1,170 mi) at 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph);
Endurance	25 days
Complement	93 standard; 110 during operations;
Armament	Harpoon SSM; Sea Sparrow SAM MK-48 Mod. 3 VLS; Stinger SAM; Oto Melara 76 mm gun; several heavy machine guns and a number of depth charges;

The Niels Juel class was a three-ship class of corvettes formerly in service with the Royal Danish Navy. They were built in Denmark at Aalborg Shipyard and were launched in the period 1978–1980. In 1998–2000 the three vessels had a mid-life update, as well as a large update on the electrical systems.

The three ships were named Niels Juel (NATO abbreviation NIJU), Olfert Fischer (NATO abbreviation OLFI) and Peter Tordenskiold (NATO abbreviation PETO). All three vessels were named after famous Danish admirals, with the debatable exception of Peter Tordenskjold, a Norwegian-born officer who served during the personal union of Norway and Denmark from 1415 to 1814.

These ships were replaced by the Iver Huitfeldt-class frigates. All three ships were retired in 2009 and were scrapped in 2013 at Munkebo, Denmark.

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