Knud Rasmussen-class patrol vessel

HDMS Knud Rasmussen
Class overview
Name: Knud Rasmussen class
Builders:
  • Karstensens Skibsværft
  • Hull is built at the Polish Stocznia Pólnocna (Northern Shipyard) in Gdansk
Operators:  Royal Danish Navy
Preceded by: Agdlek class
In commission: 2008–
Planned: 3
Completed: 2
Active: 2
General characteristics
Type: Ocean patrol craft
Displacement: 1,720 tons (2,050 t full load)
Length:
  • LOA 71.8 m (235 ft 7 in)
  • LWL 61.0 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 8L27/38 generating 2,720 kW (3,650 hp) each through RENK reduction gear "Twin in/single out"
Speed: 17 kn (31 km/h)
Range: 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km)
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 1 x SB90E for search and rescue, 1x 7 m (23 ft) RHIB, 1 x 4.8 metres (16 ft) 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:
Aviation facilities: Aft helicopter deck

The Knud Rasmussen class is a class of offshore patrol vessels operating in the Royal Danish Navy from 2008.[1][2][3][4] Built to replace the Agdlek-class cutters on a one-by-one basis, the Knud Rasmussen-class vessels are significantly larger, enabling patrols further offshore.

The ships' normal tasks include fisheries inspections, environment protection, search and rescue, sovereignty enforcement, icebreaker assignments, towage and salvage operations and general assistance to the Danish and Greenland governments (including police tasks). The class has a helicopter deck aft behind the superstructure but lacks an aircraft hangar. However, it can perform Rotors running refueling and can thus increase the endurance and the range of the helicopter. December 2013 a third ship of the class (HDMS Lauge Koch) was ordered by the Danish Parliament. Service entry of the third ship will be 2016, with an estimated cost of 513 mill Dkr (US$ 76.2 million).

Armament

The standard armament consists of two 12.7-millimetre (0.50 in) heavy machine guns. This is supplemented by the two Stanflex modulary mission payload slots (one on the foredeck, the other aft of the superstructure), which can be fitted with a multi-purpose gun, surface-to-air missiles, or ASW torpedoes, along with other non-weapon payloads. Another two container positions are "prepared for" but not installed on the starboard and port sides of the heli deck.

List of ships

Pennant
number		 Name Int'l c/s Shipyard Laid down Launched In service Christened by Decommissioned
P570 Knud Rasmussen OVFG Karstensens Skibsværft 2005-11-21 2006-10-19 2008-02-18 -
P571 Ejnar Mikkelsen OVFH Karstensens Skibsværft 2006-11-10 2007-06-01 2009-01-16 -
P572 Lauge Koch Karstensens Skibsværft 2014-05 2017 estimated

References

  1. ↑ "Knud Rasmussen commissioned: First new Arctic Offshore Patrol Vessel Commissioned". Royal Danish Navy. 2008-02-18. Archived from the original on 2009-09-12.
  2. ↑ "Knud Rasmussen Class (2008-)". Royal Danish Navy. 2007-11-19. Archived from the original on 2009-09-12.
  3. ↑ "Second OPV in Skagen: Both new Off Shore Patrol Vessels together for the first time". Royal Danish Navy. 2007-11-19. Archived from the original on 2009-09-12.
  4. ↑ "An Overview of Current, On-Going Danish Naval projects 2005-2009 Knud Rasmussen class Ice-Resistant OPV (Offshore Patrol Vessel)". Canadian American Strategic Review. May 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-09-12. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
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