She was laid down on 25 September 1964 and launched on 20 May 1965 by Helsingør Skinsværft, Elsinore. Commissioned on 25 May 1966.
Peder Skram was an innovative design using a hybrid propulsion system, a combined gas turbine and diesel approach (CODOG).[2]Peder Skram underwent significant refit in 1970 and a midlife update 1977–78 [3]
On 11 June 1980, along with a minelayer Falster, by aggressive manoeuvring, drove off Polish command landing ship ORP Grunwald, reconnoitering Dannish coast near Hesselø island.[4]
In 1982 Peder Skram was involved in the accidental launch of a Harpoon missile, which inflicted no bodily harm.
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.
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.[5]
Gallery
HDMS Peder Skram on 16 September 1978.
USS Iowa alongside Rommel and HDMS Peder Skram on 1 September 1986.
HDMS Peder Skram at Copenhagen on 13 October 2007.
HDMS Peder Skram at Copenhagen on 16 September 2009.
HDMS Peder Skram at Copenhagen on 30 November 2014.