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)