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Marine - Frigate L 16 / F 341 HDMS Absalon |
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Builder: Odense Steel Shipyard, Odense, Denmark constructed and commissioned as Absalon class Command & Support Ship > reclassified Frigate in 2020 STATUS: Laid down: November 28, 2003 Launched: February 25, 2004 Commissioned: October 19, 2004 IN SERVICE Homeport: Naval Base Frederikshavn, North Jutland, Denmark Namesake: Absalon of Lund (c. 1128-1201) Technical Data: see INFO > Absalon class Frigate |
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FRIGATE F-341 HDMS Absalon               Mk.45 Mod.2 gun fire COMMAND & SUPPORT SHIP L-16 HDMS Absalon (2004-2020)                                                          stern vehicle ramp to a large RO-RO multipurpose deck (FlexDeck)     stern gate for Storebro SB90E Landing Craft, personnel (LCP) operations  Storebro SB90E Landing Craft, personnel (LCP)    double hangar  StanFlex weapons deck (4 spaces) with Mk. 141 launcher for RGM-84 Harpoon SSM and Mk.56 VLS for RIM-162 ESSM missiles   Mk. 141 tube-launcher (8 cells) for RGM-84 Harpoon SSM missiles  weapons deck arrangement  Rheinmetall/Oerlikon Millennium 35mm CIWS    Saab Ceros 200 fire control radar (target illuminator)  Saab Ceros 200 fire control radar (target illuminator)  Saab Ceros 200 fire control radar (target illuminator)  empty weapons deck     built-in twin torpedo tubes for EuroTorp MU90 Impact torpedoes    large bridge    combat information center (CIC)   RGM-84 Harpoon SSM missile launch  RGM-84 Harpoon SSM missile launch  RGM-84 Harpoon SSM missile launch  a RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) was fired from the Mk.56 Vertical Launching System (VLS)  a RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) was fired from the Mk.56 Vertical Launching System (VLS)  a RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) was fired from the Mk.56 Vertical Launching System (VLS)  a RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) was fired from the Mk.56 Vertical Launching System (VLS)  stowage deck   machinery control station  workshop  2 x MTU 8000 20V M70 diesel engines   |
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HDMS Absalon (L 16 / F 341): Starting in 2008, HDMS Absalon participated in the UN-led counter-piracy mission off Somalia and the east coast of Africa, acting as flagship to the Danish Task Group which led Task Force 150. In September 2008, as part of the task force, Absalon was involved in the capture of 10 pirates, who were eventually set free. On 3 December 2008, after the mandate had been extended, Absalon rescued a disabled skiff with suspected pirates aboard in the Gulf of Aden, 90 miles off the coast of Yemen; the Somali craft was reported to hold rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47 assault rifles, and to have been adrift for several days. Absalon took the sailors and weapons aboard, sank the craft, and turned the sailors over to the Yemeni Coast Guard. Absalon was reportedly the most successful counter-piracy warship in the Gulf of Aden, capturing 88 out of the 250 pirates detained. On 16 March 2009, Absalon, along with the Turkish frigate TCG Giresun, successfully prevented pirates from capturing the Vietnamese cargo ship MV Diamond Falcon. Absalon's counter-piracy mission with NATO Task Force 150 in Somali waters ended 1 April 2009, after resulting in the capture of over 80 pirates, some of whom were transferred to the Netherlands for trial. On 5 February 2010, Absalon helped to rescue the crew of the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged merchant vessel Ariella, which was being hijacked by six armed pirates. Absalon dispatched a helicopter and a special forces team, deterring the pirates. On 1 March 2010, Absalon was reported to have sunk a Somali pirate mother ship carrying several pirate speedboats in the Indian Ocean. On 7 January 2012, Absalon intercepted and boarded a Somali pirate mother ship in the Indian Ocean. The boarding crew freed 14 Iranian and Pakistani fishermen who had been held as hostages for over two months. On 30 November 2015, Minister of Defence Peter Christensen, announced that Absalon was to be moved to the Mediterranean Sea, in order to accommodate Turkey's request to NATO, for a larger military presence in the area. source: wikipedia Danish: Støtteskib = Support Ship / Fregat = Frigate |
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Absalon (c. 1128 - 21 March 1201) ... was a Danish statesman and prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of Roskilde from 1158 to 1192 and archbishop of Lund from 1178 until his death. He was the foremost politician and church father of Denmark in the second half of the 12th century, and was the closest advisor of King Valdemar I of Denmark. He was a key figure in the Danish policies of territorial expansion in the Baltic Sea, Europeanization in close relationship with the Holy See, and reform in the relation between the Church and the public. He combined the ideals of Gregorian Reform with loyal support of a strong monarchical power. Absalon was born into the powerful Hvide clan, and owned great land possessions. He endowed several church institutions, most prominently his family's Sorø Abbey. He was granted lands by the crown, and built the first fortification of the city that evolved into modern-day Copenhagen. His titles were passed on to his nephews Anders Sunesen and Peder Sunesen. He died in 1201, and was interred at Sorø Abbey. source: wikipedia |
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