Absalon-class Support Ship

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The Royal Danish Navy command and support ship KDM Absalon (L16) underway in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Greenland on August 16th, 2019. The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG-107) is visible in the background.

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[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

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