HDMS Absalon (L16)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | November 2001 |
| Laid down: | November 2003 |
| Launched: | 30 January 2005 |
| Commissioned: | 2007 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 6300 tonnes |
| Length: | 137.6 m |
| Beam: | 19.5 m |
| Draught: | 6.3 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 MTU 8000 M70 diesel-engines, each 8200 kW |
| Speed: | more than 24 knots |
| Range: | 9,000 nautical miles |
| Complement: | 169 |
| Armament: | 8 Boeing RGM-84 Harpoon (2x4)
3 Sea Sparrow RIM-7P++ Launcher (1x6) Harpoon and Sea Sparrow missiles are in containerized modules, six container spaces in all. 1 127 mm (5 inch) 62 cal. Mark 45 Gun 7 12,7 mm Heavy MachineGuna Later: 2 Oerlikon Contraves Millennium 35 mm Naval Gun System GDM-008 CIWS 4 FIM-92A Stinger Missil(2x2) Terma C4I Combat Management System ? SEAGNAT/SBROC Mk. 36 ? MU90 323 mm Antisubmarine-torpedoes 2 Augusta Westland EH-101 Merlin Helicopters |
HDMS Absalon (L16) is, together with her sistership HDMS Esbern Snare (L17), the biggest ships ever in the Royal Danish Navy, and the two members of the Absalon-class of command and support ships. The ships are the first signs, of the changes taking place, in the Royal Danish Navy. The primary objective for the Royal Danish Navy will in the future be international operations, and these two ships will be the backbone of these operations. The ships are primarily designed for command and support roles, with a large ro/ro deck, while the planned three new Patrolships, a new danish euphemism for frigate-class vessels, will be better equipped for a fighting role, and the possibility to use Tomahawk cruise-missiles, a first for the Danish navy. The new Patrol ships will be very similar to the Absalon-class vessels, but won't have the large ro/ro deck. The patrolships which will be completed in 2008 and 2009, and receive full operational status in 2010 and 2011, replacing the Niels Juel class of corvettes.
The two ships in the Absalon-class will receive full operational status in 2007.
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