List of active Royal Danish Navy ships
Iver Huitfeldt class frigate Air defence Frigate
This is a list of the active vessels of the Royal Danish Navy.
Overview
| Class | Type | Number of ships |
Builder | Origin | Displacement (tonnes) |
Speed (knots) |
Notes | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate | Air defence frigate | 3 | Odense Staalskibsværft |  Denmark | 6,645 | 28 |  | |
| Absalon-class command and support ship | Combat support ship, frigate-type | 2 | Odense Staalskibsværft | Denmark | 6,600 | 24 |  | |
| Thetis class | Frigate[1] | 4 | Svendborg Skibsværft | Denmark | 3,500 | 22 |  | |
| Knud Rasmussen-class ocean patrol crafts | Patrol vessel | 2 (3 planned) | Karstensens Skibsværft | Denmark | 1,720 | 17 |  | |
| Sea Supply class environmental protection vessel | Environmental recovery vessels | 2 | Ørskov Christensen Stålskibsværft A/S | Denmark | 1,660 | 12 |  | |
| Diana-class patrol vessel | Patrol vessel | 6 | Faaborg Værft A/S | Denmark | 246 | 25 |  | |
1st Squadron
Division 11
Division 13
Freja (P521)
Diana-class
Diana-class
- 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 (A551), Thorbjørn (A553) and Isbjørn (A552)
- Danbjørn-class icebreakers:
- HDMS Danbjørn (A551)
- HDMS Isbjørn (A552)
- Thorbjørn-class icebreaker:
- HDMS Thorbjørn (A553)
Division 16
Gunnar Thorson (A560)
Gunnar Thorson-class
Gunnar Thorson-class
- Sea Supply-class environmental protection vessels,
- 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 (P570)
Knud Ramussen-class
Knud Ramussen-class
Has replaced two of the three Agdlek class cutters.
- Agdlek-class ocean patrol cutters:
- HDMS Tulugaq (Y388)
- Originally three was built, 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 ultimo 2012.
Outside divisions
Birkholm (A541)
Holm-class
Holm-class
Royal yacht Dannebrog
- 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):
2nd Squadron
Division 21
- 3 Iver Huitfeldt-class frigates:[2]
- HDMS Iver Huitfeldt (F361)[3] (under build up)
- HDMS Peter Willemoes (F362) (under build up)
- HDMS Niels Juel (F363)
Division 22
- Absalon-class command and support ships:
MCM Denmark
MCM Denmark is a container based mine countermeasures concept, which can be deployed on Absalon-, Thetis-, Sea Supply-, Knud Rasmussen- class, HDMS Sleipner, chartered ships with container positions or ordinary trucks.[4][5]
- 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)[6][7]
Vessels not organised in the squadrons
LCP2 (SB90E) in its hoist on Absalon (L16)
- 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
Though not a part of the Royal Danish Navy, Naval Home Guard vessels support the Danish Navy in a number of tasks.
Fænø (MHV906)
MHV900-class
MHV900-class
- 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 (MHV851) (ex-MHV818, hull extended to the size of MHV900 class and the pennantnumber changed to reflect this)
- 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)
Notable Historical Vessels
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/thetis/
- ↑ Fregatter
- ↑ Names on new frigates
- ↑ "Kommandostrygning på det sidste skib af FLYVEFISKEN-klassen" (in Danish). Admiral Danish Fleet. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ↑ "Minerydning: Ekspertisen skal fastholdes" (PDF). Forsvaret: 12–13. 2011-03. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
|first1=missing|last1=in Authors list (help); Check date values in:|date=(help) - ↑ Jane's Fighting Ships 2009
- ↑ http://www.navalhistory.dk/
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