List of active Royal Danish Navy ships

Absalon (L16) with Lynx
Absalon-class

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

Thetis (F357)
Thetis-class

Division 11

• Thetis-class ocean patrol vessels:
  • HDMS Thetis (F357)
  • HDMS Triton (F358)
  • HDMS Vædderen(F359)
  • HDMS Hvidbjørnen(F360)

Division 13

Freja (P521)
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

• Sea Supply-class environmental protection vessels,
  • HDMS Gunnar Thorson (A560)
• 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 Rasmussen-class ocean patrol crafts:
  • HDMS Knud Rasmussen (P570)
  • HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen (P571)

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

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):
  • HDMY Dannebrog (A540)

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 (L16)
Absalon-class

• Absalon-class command and support ships:
  • HDMS Absalon (L16)
  • HDMS Esbern Snare (L17)

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

• 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

• List of ships of the Dano-Norwegian Navy
• Peder Skram class frigate
• Type 207 submarine

See also

• Dano-Norwegian Navy

References

1. http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/thetis/
2. Fregatter
3. Names on new frigates
4. "Kommandostrygning på det sidste skib af FLYVEFISKEN-klassen" (in Danish). Admiral Danish Fleet. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
5. "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)
6. Jane's Fighting Ships 2009
7. http://www.navalhistory.dk/