510500 Absalon - Deens Fregat

The command & support ships can perform a number of national and inter-national task, including transportation of personal and material, command platform for land, air and sea operations. The ship also has a mine laying capacity. It also has the capacity to carry out humanitarian operations as a hospital ship. The ship is fitted with a 900 square meter flexible deck to perform in different operations and has a roll-on-roll-off (RO/RO) capacity aft.

 Type:

Command and Support Ships

Years of Construction:

2003-2005

Dimensions:

Length: 137.6 m
Beam: 19.5 m
Draught: 6.m

Displacement:

6,300 tons

Complement:

Around 100 men (accomodation for 160)

Armament:

1 - 127 mm Gun M/02
2 - 35 mm Gun M/04 (CIWS)
7 – 12.7 mm Heavy Machine Guns
16 - HARPOON SSM Block II
24 - Evolved Sea Sparrow (ESSM) SAM`s
2x2 - Stinger SAM Lv M/93
2x2 - Anti Submarine Torpedo Launchers (MU-90)

Additional space for:

2 ea Landing Crafts of the LCP Class
2 ea Agusta-Westland EH-101 Helicopters

Speed:

23 knots

Range:

9,000 nautical miles at 15 knots