Iver Huitfeldt-class Frigate

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The Royal Danish Navy frigate KDM Niels Juel (F363) underway in the Red Sea on April 15th, 2019. Niels Juel was operating as part of France's Charles de Gaulle carrier strike group. Note the Royal Danish Air Force AgustaWestland AW101 helicopter on the flight deck.

The Iver Huitfeldt-class is a three-ship class of frigates that entered service with the Royal Danish Navy in 2012 and 2013.

Specifications[edit | edit source]

  • Type: Guided Missile Frigate
  • Service Period: 2012-
  • Characteristics:
    • Length: 455 feet (138.68 meters)
    • Beam: 64.8 feet (19.75 meters)
    • Draft: 17 feet (5.18 meters)
    • Displacement: 6,645 tonnes (Full Load)
  • Complement: 165
  • Crew: 117
  • Propulsion: CODAD
    • 4 x MTU 8000 20V M70 diesel engines, 2 x shafts
  • Range: 9,300 nautical miles (17,224 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
  • Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/h)
  • Sensor Suite:
    • Thales Nederland APAR I-Band Multifunction Radar
    • Thales Nederland SMART-L L-Band Long Range Air/Surface Search Radar
    • Terma SCANTER 6000 Surveillance/Helicopter Guidance Radar
    • Saab CEROS-200 Fire Control Radar x 2
    • Atlas ASO 94 hull mounted Sonar
  • Countermeasures:
    • ES-3701 Tactical Radar Electronic Support Measures
    • 4 x 12-barrelled Terma DL-12T 130 mm decoy launchers
    • 2 x 6-barrelled Terma DL-6T 130 mm decoy launchers
    • Seagnat Mark 36 SRBOC
  • Armament:
    • 2 x 76mm/62-caliber OTO Melara naval gun
    • 4 x 8-cell Mk.41 VLS (fires 32 x RIM-66M-2 SM-2MR Blk.IIIA SAMs)
    • 2 x 12-cell Mk.56 VLS (fires 24 x RIM-162 ESSM SAMs)
    • 8-16 x RGM-84 Harpoon AShMs
    • 2 x 12.75" twin fire torpedo tubes (fires Eurotorp MU90 Impact lightweight torpedoes)
    • 1 x Oerlikon 35mm Millennium CIWS
  • Aircraft Carried: 1 x Westland Lynx Mk.90B or Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk maritime helicopter
  • Aviation Facilities: Aft helicopter deck and hangar

Unit Run[edit | edit source]

  • KDM Iver Huitfeldt (F361)
  • KDM Peter Willemoes (F362)
  • KDM Niels Juel (F363)

See Also[edit | edit source]