Within the confines of the Danish Naval Base in Copenhagen, there are three preserved museum ships. They are all visible across the harbour from downtown Copenhagen, and can quite often be seen in the background of tourist photos of the "Little Mermaid" statue.- Frigate Peder Skram (1965)- Willemoes class Fast Attack Craft Sehested (1977)- Tumleren class submarine Saelen (1965) (previously the Norwegian Uthaug).The museum ships are only open to visitors for a relatively short period each summer, but I decided to chance my arm to see how close I could get to them. The naval base is fully fenced, and there are all manner of warning signs (but all in Danish so not really sure what they said) - however the gate was unmanned, and so I just walked in without being challenged. The place was relatively deserted, except for a few young soldiers walking around in camo gear, who didn't seem to be too interested in me (although I didn't actually try to board any of the ships, and I avoided showing too much interest in the one operational warship that was also in port).Peder Skram is berthed alongside, and looks to be in pretty good condition. There were about a dozen old blokes working on her doing various maintenance tasks - presumably retired volunteers. Sohested is berthed outboard of her.Saelen is mounted up on blocks. There were stairs to access doors that were cut into the hull at the bow and stern, so it looks like the tour route goes right through the boat.It would be worth going back when these ships are open to visitors. If you follow google maps instructions to get to the base, you end up with quite a long walk from the ferry terminal - which is unnecessary as there is a bus that will take you right there - not sure why Google Maps didn't pick up that route.
