Knud Rasmussen class Offshore Patrol Vessel Royal Danish Navy

Royal Danish Navy / Kongelige Danske Marine
Knud Rasmussen class Offshore Patrol Vessel - OPV

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Ships:

P 570 HDMS Knud Rasmussen (2008)
P 571 HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen (2009)
P 572 HDMS Lauge Koch (2016)

Specifications:

Length: 71.8 meters (235 feet 7 inches) over all
Beam: 14.6 meters (47 ft 11 in)
Draft: 4.9 meters (16 ft 1 in)
Displacement: 2050 tons, full load
Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h)
Range: 3000 NM (5600 km)
Complement: 18 ship + aircrew / accommodations for up to 43

Propulsion:
2 x MAN B&W ALPHA 8L27/38 Diesel Engine (2,720 kW / 3,650 hp), each
1 shaft, 1 propeller, 1 bow thruster

Armament:

2 spaces for STANFLEX-Modules for a combination of:

1 x Oto-Melara 76/62SR Super Rapid gun (usually carried)

1 x Mk. 56 Vertical Launching System (VLS) for 12 x RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Misiles (ESSM)

1 x twin Torpedo Tubes for MU90 Impact Torpedoes

or other STANFLEX Modules

Aviation:
aft flight deck - no hangar

Boats and Landing Craft:
1 x Storebro SB90E LCP for search and rescue / 1 x 7 m (23 ft) RHIB / 1 x 4.8 metres (16 ft) RHIB

Systems:
1 x Terma Scanter 4100 surface and air search radar
1 x Saab CEROS 200 fire control directors (automatic target detection and lock-on radar and optronic system)
Furuno navigation radars

The Knud Rasmussen class is a class of 3 offshore patrol vessels operating in the Royal Danish Navy from 2008.

The ships' normal tasks include fisheries inspections, environment protection, search and rescue, sovereignty enforcement, icebreaker assignments (Finnish-Swedish ice class 1A Super/Polar Class 6), 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$ 76.9 million).

Armament:
The standard armament consists of two 12.7-millimetre (0.5 in) heavy machine guns. This is supplemented by the two Stanflex modular 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.

source: wikipedia

class images
for more images go to the individual ship-site

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HDMS Knud Rasmussen (P 570)

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HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen (P 571)

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HDMS Lauge Koch (P 572)

ARMAMENT + DETAILS

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stern ramp for small boat operations

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Oto Melara 76/62 gun

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bridge

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