HDMS Knud Rasmussen (P570)

HDMS Knud Rasmussen is a Royal Danish Navy patrol vessel.[1][2][3][4] Knud Rasmussen and her sister ships normally operate in the waters around Greenland.

Knud Rasmussen participates in Operation Nanook 2010.
History
Kingdom of Denmark
Name: Knud Rasmussen
Namesake: Knud Rasmussen
Launched: 19 October 2006
Identification:
Status: In service
General characteristics
Class and type: Knud Rasmussen-class patrol vessel
Displacement: 1,720 long tons (1,748 t)
Length: 61 m (200 ft 2 in)
Beam: 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
Draft: 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in)
Propulsion: 2 × MAN B&W Diesel ALPHA 8L27/28 generating 2720 kW each
Speed: Less than 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Range: 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km)
Boats & landing
craft carried:
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, no hangar

Knud Rasmussen participated in Operation Nanook 2010, in August 2010, and 2014, in Baffin Bay and the Davis Strait, with Canadian and American vessels.[5][6]

References
P570 Knud Rasmussen outside Akureyri Harbour in Iceland - August 2015
  1. "Update: Denmark's Arctic Assets and Canada's Response — Northern Deployment 2009: Danish Navy & CCG in the High Arctic". Canadian American Strategic Review. September 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-09-12.
  2. "Knud Rasmussen commissioned: First new Arctic Offshore Patrol Vessel Commissioned". Royal Danish Navy. 2008-02-18. Archived from the original on 2009-09-12.
  3. "Knud Rasmussen Class (2008- )". 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.
  5. "100816-G-4702D-012 Operation Nanook". Ninth District Public Affairs, US Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  6. "Arctic Cooperation – Canadian MCDV, HMCS Shawinigan, exercises with the Danish ice-resistant Patrol Vessel, the Knud Rasmussen". Canadian American Strategic Review. October 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-17. This was the start of a 'cooperation exercise' (SAMEX) [3] between the Knud Rasmussen and HMCS Shawinigan. The emergency call was simulated only for the purposes of the exercise. The day's program also featured a replenishment-at-sea (RAS) exercise, crew exchanges, casualty exercises aboard both vessels, and, later, a photography session.

Bibliographic
  • Warship International Staff (2010). "New Danish Navy Patrol Ship". Warship International. XLVII (3): 194. ISSN 0043-0374.


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