Royal Danish Naval Vessel Knud Rasmussen participates in Operation Nanook 2010. |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Knud Rasmussen |
| Namesake: | Knud Rasmussen |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Knud Rasmussen-class patrol vessel |
| Displacement: | 1,720 long tons (1,748 t) |
| Length: | 61 m (200 ft 2 in) |
| Beam: | 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in) |
| Draft: | 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x MAN B&W Diesel ALPHA 8L27/28 generating 2720 kW each |
| Speed: | Less than 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Range: | 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km) |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
1 × SB90E for Search and rescue 1 × 7m (60 HP) RHIB 1 × 4.8m (45 HP) RHIB |
| Complement: | 18 + aircrew and transients (Accommodation for up to 43 in total) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
1 × Terma Scanter 4100 surface and air search radar 3 × Furuno navigation radars SAAB CEROS 200 radar and optronic tracking system and CWI illumination radar |
| Armament: | • 1 × 76 mm Gun Mk M/85 LvSa • 2 × 12.7 mm Heavy Machine Gun M/01 LvSa • RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile surface-to-air missiles • MU90 Impact ASW torpedo |
| Aviation facilities: | Aft helicopter deck, no hangar |
HDMS Knud Rasmussen is a Royal Danish Navy patrol vessel.[1][2][3][4] Knud Rasmussen and her sister ships normally operate in the waters around Greenland.
The Knud Rasmussen participated in Operation Nanook 2010, in August 2010, in Baffin Bay and the Davis Strait, with Canadian and American vessels..[5]
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