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DANISH ROYAL NAVY (DENMARK)

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KNUD RASMUSSEN patrol ships (2008-2017)

Knud Rasmussen 2010

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Knud Rasmussen P570 400 Stocznia Pólnocna, Gdańsk, Poland // Karstensens, Skagen 21.11.2005 19.10.2006 28.2.2008 in service (2019)
Ejnar Mikkelsen P571 401 Stocznia Pólnocna, Gdańsk, Poland // Karstensens, Skagen 10.11.2006 1.7.2007 16.1.2009 in service (2019)
Lauge Koch P572 428 Stocznia Pólnocna, Gdańsk, Poland // Karstensens, Skagen 5/2014 4/2015 11.12.2017 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

1300

Displacement full, t

1720

Length, m

71.8

Breadth, m

14.6

Draught, m

5.00

No of shafts

1

Machinery

2 MAN-B&W 8L27/38 diesels

Power, h. p.

7300

Max speed, kts

17

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

3000(15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, helicopter deck

Electronic equipment Scanter 4100, CEROS 200, Furuno 2117 radars, SeaFlir II e/o system, Reson sonar, C-Flex CCS

Complement

18 + 25 passengers

Project history: Arctic patrol ships with hull strengthened to ice class 1A, built for service in Greenland waters to replace Agdlek class. Hulls and propulsion systems were built in Poland, finally ships were assembled in Denmark. Can launch small ice-strengthened combat boat from stern bay. Three equipment containers can consist 76mm gun, Mk 56 VLS for 12 ESSM SAMs, 2 twin MU-90 324mm torpedo tubes.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Ejnar Mikkelsen 2010

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

© Ivan Gogin, 2019