List of active Royal Danish Navy ships

This is a list of the active vessels of the Royal Danish Navy.

Iver Huitfeldt class frigate Air defence Frigate

Overview

Class Type Number
of ships
Builder Origin Displacement
(tonnes)
Speed
(knots)
Photo
Iver Huitfeldt-class frigateAir Defence Frigate3Odense Staalskibsværft Denmark6,64528
Absalon-class frigate Anti Submarine Warfare Frigate2Odense Staalskibsværft Denmark6,60024
Thetis classFrigate[1]4Svendborg Skibsværft Denmark3,50022
Knud Rasmussen-class patrol vesselPatrol vessel3Karstensens Skibsværft Denmark1,72017
Sea Supply class environmental protection vesselEnvironmental recovery vessels2Ørskov Christensen Stålskibsværft A/S Denmark1,66012HDMS Gunnar Thorson (A560)
Diana-class patrol vesselPatrol vessel6Faaborg Værft A/S Karlskrona Varvet Denmark24625HDMS Diana (P520)
Holm-class patrol vesselMulti-purpose vessel6Danish Yacht Denmark9811
Flyvefisken-class patrol vesselsDiving support vessel1Danish Yacht Denmark45030

1st Squadron

Division 11

Division 19

Knud Rasmussen (P570)
Knud Ramussen-class

Royal Yacht

Cartography

2nd Squadron

Division 21

Division 22

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]

Diving Service

3rd Squadron

Division 31

Freja (P521)
Diana-class

Division 32

Gunnar Thorson (A560)
Gunnar Thorson-class
  • Sea Supply-class environmental protection vessels,
  • Sea Truck-class environmental protection vessels
    • HDMS Mette Miljø (A562)
    • HDMS Marie Miljø (A563)
  • Miljø-class environmental protection vessels
    • HDMS Miljø 101 (Y340)
    • HDMS Miljø 102 (Y341)
    • HDMS Miljø 103 (Y342)
  • Transport-vessels (no class given):
    • HDMS Sleipner (A559)

Division 33

  • Svanen-class sail training ships
    • HDMS Svanen (Y101)
    • HDMS Thyra (Y102)
  • Holm class multirole boats vessels:
    • HDMS Ertholm (A543)
    • HDMS Alholm (A544)

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.

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

See also

  • Dano-Norwegian Navy

References

  1. http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/thetis/
  2. Fregatter Archived 2009-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Names on new frigates Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Kommandostrygning på det sidste skib af FLYVEFISKEN-klassen" (in Danish). Admiral Danish Fleet. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  5. Danish Defence Command (March 2011). "Minerydning: Ekspertisen skal fastholdes" (PDF). Forsvaret: 12–13. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  6. Jane's Fighting Ships 2009
  7. http://www.navalhistory.dk/
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