HDMS Esbern Snare in Gdynia Harbour |
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| Career (Denmark) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HDMS Esbern Snare |
| Ordered: | November 2001 |
| Builder: | Odense Staalskibsværft |
| Laid down: | June 2004 |
| Launched: | 18 April 2005 |
| Commissioned: | 2007 |
| Homeport: | Frederikshavn |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Absalon class flexible support ship |
| Displacement: | 6,300 tonnes |
| Length: | 137.6 m (451 ft 5 in) |
| Beam: | 19.5 m (64 ft 0 in) |
| Draft: | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × MTU 8000 M70 diesel engines; two shafts 22,300 bhp (16.4 MW) |
| Speed: | >24 kn (44 km/h) |
| Range: | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
2 × SB90E LCP 2 × RHIBs |
| Complement: | 169 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Thales SMART-S Mk2 3D volume search radar Terma Scanter 2100 surface search radar Atlas ASO 94 sonar 4 Saab CEROS 200 fire control radars ES-3701 Tactical Radar Electronic Support Measures (ESM) |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
4 × 12-barrelled Terma DL-12T 130 mm decoy launchers 2 × 6-barrelled Terma DL-6T 130 mm decoy launchers Seagnat Mark 36 SRBOC |
| Armament: |
1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/54 Mark 45 mod 4 gun |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × EH-101 |
| Aviation facilities: | Aft helicopter deck and hangars |
HDMS Esbern Snare (L17) is an Absalon-class support ship,[1][2] and is along with her sister ship, the HDMS Absalon (L16), the largest combat vessel currently commissioned in the Royal Danish Navy.
The Esbern Snare is part of the first stage of a strategic realignment within the Royal Danish Navy, which is transitioning to focus on international operations, in which Absalon-class vessels will form the backbone. The ship is designed for command and support roles, with a large ro-ro deck, and is to be complemented by the Ivar Huitfeldt class frigate, a derivative of the Absalon-class designed specifically for combat operations..
The Esbern Snare was involved in the Beluga Nomination Incident, when she and the Seychelles Coast Guard patrol boat engaged in a failed rescue operation which left four or five Somali pirates and civilians dead.[3] Later she captured a mother ship on 12 February 2011, capturing sixteen pirates and their weapons, as well as freeing two hostages held by the pirates.[4] While patroling on 12 May 2011 she encountered the pirated dhow NN Iran and attacked it, killing four pirates and wounding ten. Sixteen Iranian hostages were rescued and 24 pirates captured, but the dhow was in a sinking condition and had to be abandoned.
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