HDMS Niels Juel (F354)

	HDMS Niels Juel underway on 6 June 2005
History
Denmark
Name	Niels Juel
Namesake	Niels Juel
Builder	Aalborg Værft, Aalborg
Laid down	20 October 1977
Launched	17 February 1978
Commissioned	26 August 1980
Decommissioned	18 August 2009
Identification	Callsign: OUER; Pennant number: F354;
Fate	Scrapped, 2013
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General characteristics
Class and type	Niels Juel-class corvette
Displacement	1,450 tonnes
Length	84 m (275 ft 7 in)
Beam	10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
Draft	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
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 diesel engine;
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (with turbine)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph); 1,020 nmi (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 VLS; Stinger SAM; Oto Melara 76 mm gun; several heavy machine guns and a number of depth charges;

HDMS Niels Juel (F354) was a Niels Juel-class corvette in the Royal Danish Navy which was in use until 1990. The ship was named after Niels Juel, a 16th-century Danish admiral.

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