List of ships of the Royal Danish Navy

This is a list of the vessels in the Danish Navy.

Contents 1 Overview 2 1st Squadron 2.1 Division 11 2.2 Division 13 2.3 Division 14 2.4 Division 15 2.5 Division 16 2.6 Division 17 2.7 Division 19 2.8 Outside divisions 3 2nd Squadron 3.1 Division 21 3.2 Division 22 3.3 MCM Denmark 4 Vessels not organised in the squadrons 5 Naval Home Guard 6 Notable Historical Vessels 7 References

Overview

Class	Type	Number of ships	Builder	Origin	Displacement (tonnes)	Speed (knots)	Notes	Photo
Absalon-class command and support ship	Combat support ship, frigate-type	2	Odense Staalskibsværft	Denmark	6,600	24
Thetis class	Frigate	4	Svendborg Skibsværft	Denmark	3,500	22
Knud Rasmussen-class ocean patrol crafts	Patrol vessel	2 (3 planned)	Karstensens Skibsværft	Denmark	1,720	17
Flyvefisken-class patrol vessel	Patrol vessel	1 (2)	Danyard	Denmark	320	30
Diana class patrol vessel	Patrol vessel	6	Faaborg Vaerft	Denmark	276	25
Icebreakers	Icebreaker	3	Odense Staalskibsværft Svendborg Skibsværft	Denmark	1,548 - 3,685	16-18

1st Squadron

Division 11

• Thetis-class ocean patrol vessels:
  • HDMS Thetis (F357)
  • HDMS Triton (F358)
  • HDMS Vædderen(F359)
  • HDMS Hvidbjørnen(F360)

Division 13

• Diana-class patrol vessels:
  • HDMS Diana (P520)
  • HDMS Freja (P521)
  • HDMS Havfruen (P522)
  • HDMS Najaden (P523)
  • HDMS Nymfen (P524)
  • HDMS Rota (P525)

Division 14

• Svanen-class sail training ships
  • HDMS Svanen (Y101)
  • HDMS Thyra (Y102)

• Holm class vessels:
  • HDMS Ertholm (A543)
  • HDMS Alholm (A544)

Division 15

• Danbjørn-class icebreakers:
  • HDMS Danbjørn (A551)
  • HDMS Isbjørn (A552)

• Thorbjørn-class icebreaker:
  • HDMS Thorbjørn (A553)

Division 16

• Sea Supply-class environmental protection vessels,
  • HDMS Gunnar Thorson (A560)

• Sea Truck-class environmental protection vessels
  • HDMS Mette Miljø (A562)

• Miljø-class environmental protection vessels
  • HDMS Miljø 102 (Y341)

Division 17

• Sea Supply-class environmental protection vessels,
  • HDMS Gunnar Seidenfaden (A561)

• Sea Truck-class environmental protection vessels
  • HDMS Marie Miljø (A563)

• HDMS Miljø-class environmental protection vessels
  • HDMS Miljø 101 (Y340)

• Lægtvand-class environmental protection vessel
  • HDMS Miljø 103 (Y342)

Division 19

• Knud Rasmussen-class ocean patrol crafts:
  • HDMS Knud Rasmussen (P570)
  • HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen (P571)

Has replaced two of the three Agdlek class cutters.

• Agdlek-class ocean patrol cutters:
  • HDMS Tulugaq (Y388)
  • Originally three was build, but HDMS Agdlek (Y386) was discharged in 2007. HDMS Agpa (Y387) was decommissioned in 2009, while Tulugaq (Y388) is expected to remain in service until 2012.

Outside divisions

• Transport-vessels (no class given):
  • HDMS Sleipner (A559)

• Holm class multirole boats (fitted for cartography):
  • HDMS Birkholm (A541)
  • HDMS Fyrholm (A542)

• Cartography vessels of the SKA-class:
  • HDMS SKA-12
  • HDMS SKA-16

• Cartography vessels of the O-class:
  • HDMS O-1
  • HDMS O-2

• Royal Yacht (no class given):
  • HDMY Dannebrog (A540)

2nd Squadron

Division 21

• 3 Iver Huitfeldt-class frigates^[1]:
  • HDMS Iver Huitfeldt (F361)^[2] (under build up)
  • HDMS Peter Willemoes (F362) (under build up)
  • HDMS Niels Juel (F363) (under construction)

Division 22

• Absalon-class command and support ships:
  • HDMS Absalon (L16)
  • HDMS Esbern Snare (L17)

MCM Denmark

• HDMS Havkatten (P552) (Flyvefisken-class patrol vessels fitted for MCM-operations, to be paid off in 2011/2012)
• Holm class multirole boats (fitted for remote controlled mine sweeping):
  • HDMS Hirsholm (MSD5)
  • HDMS Saltholm (MSD6)
• MSF-class drone minehunters
  • HDMS MSF1
  • HDMS MSF2
  • HDMS MSF3
  • HDMS MSF4
• MRD-class drone minehunters
  • HDMS MRD1 (Laid up at the Danish Navy's depot at Jerup)
  • HDMS MRD2 (Laid up at the Danish Navy's depot at Jerup)
  • HDMS MRD3 (Laid up at Naval Base Frederikshavn)
  • HDMS MRD4 (In service as a tender at Naval Base Korsør)
  • HDMS MRD5 (Laid up at the Danish Navy's depot at Jerup)
  • HDMS MRD6 (Laid up at the Danish Navy's depot at Jerup)^[3][4]

Vessels not organised in the squadrons

• Storebro SB90E:
  • 4 LCP, Landing Craft Personnel; 10 troops, 4 stretchers or 2 tonnes of cargo for the Absalon-class
  • 2 SAR, Search and Rescue vessels for the Knud Rasmussen-class
• VTS-class fast response vessels:
  • HDMS VTS-1
  • HDMS VTS-4
• MHV90 class patrol boats
  • HDMS Lunden (Y343)
• Arvak class station tenders
  • HDMS Arvak (Y344),
  • HDMS Alsin (Y345)

Plus a variety of RHIBs, smaller vessels as well as several Ro/Ro-vessels on a permanent charter.

Naval Home Guard

• MHV900 class patrol boats,
  • Enø (MHV901)
  • Manø (MHV902)
  • Hjortø (MHV903)
  • Lyø (MHV904)
  • Askø (MHV905)
  • Fænø (MHV906)
  • Hvidsteen (MHV907)
  • Brigaden (MHV908)
  • Speditøren (MHV909)
  • Ringen (MHV910)
  • Bopa (MHV911)
  • Holger Danske (MHV912)

• MHV800 class patrol boats
  • Aldebaran (MHV801)
  • Carina (MHV802)
  • Aries (MHV803)
  • Andromeda (MHV804)
  • Gemini (MHV805)
  • Dubhe (MHV806)
  • Jupiter (MHV807)
  • Lyra (MHV808)
  • Antares (MHV809)
  • Luna (MHV810)
  • Apollo (MHV811)
  • Hercules (MHV812)
  • Baunen (MHV813)
  • Budstikken (MHV814)
  • Kureren (MHV815)
  • Patrioten (MHV816)
  • Partisan (MHV817)
  • Sabotøren (MHV858) (ex-MHV818, hull extended to the size of MHV900 class and the pennantnumber changed to reflect this)

Notable Historical Vessels

• Peder Skram class frigate
• Type 207 submarine

References