Iver Huitfeldt-class Frigate

The Royal Danish Navy frigate KDM Niels Juel (F363) underway in the Red Sea on April 15^th, 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