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Frigate HDMS Absalon (F341)

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Classification

Ship class:
Absalon-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
Danish archbishop and statesman Absalon
Operator:
Royal Danish NavyRoyal Danish Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Odense Steel Shipyard
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active
Fate:
Formerly support ship HDMS Absalon (L16)
IMO number:
9284441
MMSI number:
220189000

Ship measurements

Displacement:
6,300 t
Length:
137 m
Beam:
19.5 m
Draft:
6.3 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODAD
Propulsion:
  • 2 * MTU 8000 M70 diesel engines
  • 2 * shafts
  • 22,300 bhp (16.6 MW)
Speed:
24 knots
Range:
9,000 nmi (17,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)

Personnel

Complement:
169

Combat assets

Boats & landing craft:
  • 2 * SB90E LCP
  • 2 * RHIBs
Electronics:
  • Thales SMART-S Mk2 3D volume search radar
  • Terma Scanter 6002 surface search radar
  • Atlas ASO 94 sonar
  • 4 * Saab CEROS 200 fire control radars
  • ES-3701 Tactical Radar Electronic Support Measures (ESM)
  • 4 * 12-barrelled Terma DL-12T 130 mm decoy launchers
  • 2 * 6-barrelled Terma DL-6T 130 mm decoy launchers
  • Seagnat Mark 36 SRBOC
Armament:
  • 1 * 5 inch (127 mm)/54 Mark 45 mod 4 gun
  • 7 * 12.7 mm heavy machine gun
  • 3 * VLS with up to 36 RIM-162 ESSM/RIM-7 Sea Sparrow (Mk 56/Mk 48 VLS)
  • 8-16 * Harpoon Block II SSM
  • 2 * Oerlikon Millennium 35 mm Naval Revolver Gun Systems CIWS
  • MU90 Impact ASW torpedoes
  • 4 * Stinger Point-defence SAM
Aircraft:
  • 2 * EH-101 or 2 * Westland Lynx

HDMS Absalon (F341) and her sister ship Esbern Snare are the largest ships ever built to serve the Royal Danish Navy (RDN), and are the two members of the Absalon class. The two ships in the Absalon class, named after Danish archbishop and statesman Absalon, received full operational status in 2007.

The ships are the first in a series of RDN vessels tasked with carrying out new types of missions, and are to form the backbone of the international operations that the RDN is increasingly focusing on.

The Absalon-class ships are primarily designed for command and support roles, with a large ro-ro deck, but with their many offensive weapons and new anti-submarine weapons and tasks, the class was changed to frigates in 2020. While the following three frigates of the Iver Huitfeldt class will be equipped for a combat role and potentially equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles, a first for the Danish Navy. Although similar to the Absalon-class vessels, these frigates will not have a large ro-ro deck. the frigates received full operational status in 2010 and 2011, replacing the Niels Juel-class corvettes.

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