Absalon-class Support Ship

The Absalon-class are support ships of the Royal Danish Navy, commissioned in 2005. The two ships in the class may be described as a hybrid between a frigate and military transport ship with multiple role capabilities, with the capacity to be transformed from a combat ship with the firepower of a traditional frigate to a hospital ship within a day.

Specifications

 * Type: Support Ship
 * Service Period: 2004-
 * Characteristics:
 * Length: 449 feet 6 inches (137.01 meters)
 * Beam: 64 feet (19.51 meters)
 * Draft: 20 feet 8 inches (6.3 meters)
 * Displacement: 4,500 tonnes (Light Load); 6,600 tons (Full Load)
 * Crew: 100-170 (accommodation for up to 300 in total)
 * Propulsion: 2 x MTU 8000 M70 diesel engines, 2 x shaft, 22,300 bhp (16.6 MW)
 * Range: 9,000 nautical miles (16,668 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
 * Speed: 24 knots (44.45 km/h)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * Thales SMART-S Mk2 3D volume search radar
 * Terma Scanter 2100 surface search radar
 * Atlas ASO 94 sonar
 * Saab CEROS 200 fire control radar x 4
 * Countermeasures:
 * ES-3701 Tactical Radar Electronic Support Measures (ESM)
 * 4 x 12-barrelled Terma DL-12T 130 mm decoy launchers
 * 2 x 6-barrelled Terma DL-6T 130 mm decoy launchers
 * Armament:
 * 1 x 5"/62-caliber Mk.45 Mod 4 lightweight naval gun
 * 3 x 12-cell Mk.56 VLS (fires RIM-162 ESSM)
 * 2 x 4-cannister Mk.141 AShM Launchers (fires RGM-84L Harpoon Blk.II+)
 * 2 x 12.75" Mk.32 Mod 14 triple torpedo tubes (fires Eurotorp MU90 Impact lightweight torpedoes)
 * 2 x Oerlikon 35mm Millennium CIWS
 * 6 x 12.7mm machine guns
 * Aircraft Carried: 2 x Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk maritime helicopters
 * Boats Carried: 2 x RHIBs, 2 x SB90E LCP

Unit Run

 * KDM Absalon (L16)
 * KDM Esbern Snare (L17)