HDMS Absalon (F341)
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For other ships with the same name, see HDMS Absalon.
HDMS Absalon (F341) and her sister ship Esbern Snare are the two members of the Absalon class.[2] The lead ship of the class is named after Danish archbishop and statesman Absalon and received full operational status in 2007.
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Absalon in 2019 | |
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Denmark | |
Name | Absalon |
Namesake | Absalon |
Ordered | November 2001 |
Builder | Odense Staalskibsværft |
Laid down | 28 November 2003 |
Launched | 25 February 2004 |
Completed | 1 July 2004 |
Commissioned | 19 October 2004 |
Homeport | Frederikshavn |
Identification | |
Status | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Frigate |
Displacement | 6,300 tonnes |
Length | 137.6 m (451 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 19.5 m (64 ft 0 in) |
Draft | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
Range | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
Boats & landing craft carried | |
Complement | 169 |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × EH-101[1] or 2 × Westland Lynx |
Aviation facilities | Aft helicopter deck and hangars |
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