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Johnny E. Balsved

ABSALON Class (2004- )
(In English: n/a)

The Command and Support Ships L16 ABSALON, in front, and her sister ship
L17 ESBERN SNARE during a joint exercise in the summer 2005.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

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Classification

Type:

Command and Support Ship

Class:

ABSALON Class

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

L16

ABSALON

02/25/2004

10/19/2004

In service

L17

ESBERN SNARE

06/21/2004

04/18/2005

In Service

Comments to the Class

None

Specifications

Built by:

Odense Staalskibsværft, Lindø

Design:

Naval Material Command, Denmark in cooperation with Odense Staalskibsværft, Lindø

Displacement:

6,300 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

(LOA) 137.60 m
(LWL) n/a

19.5 m

6.3 m

Complement:

100 men, cabins for 169 men.
Total lodging capacity up to 300 men.

Propulsion:

2 ea MTU 8000 M70 engines at 8,200 kW each
2 ea Propellers
1 ea Bow thruster (15 tons pressure)

Range:

9,000 nautical miles

Armament:

1 ea 127 mm Gun Mk M/02 LvSa (5” Mk 45 Mod 4)

From 2005:

16 ea Harpoon SSM (2x8)
3 ea Sea Sparrow SAM VLS Mk. 48 Launcher (3x6)
4 ea Stinger Lv M/93 (2x2)
7 ea 12.7 mm Heavy Machine Gun M/01 LvSa

From 2007, also:

2 ea 35 mm CIWS Mk M/04 LvSa (2x1)
4 ea SEAGNAT/SBROC Mk. 36 (4x6)
2 ea Torpedolauncher Mk. 32 Mod. 14 (2x2) for Anti Submarine Torpedoes MU-90 M/04

Additional space for:

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

Speed:

23 knots (service speed)

Additional Notes

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 ships also have a mine laying capacity. It also has the capacity to carry out humanitarian operations as a hospital ship.

The ships are fitted with a 900 square meter flexible deck to perform in different operations and has a roll-on-roll-off (RO/RO) capacity aft.

More Photos

The Command & Support Ship ESBERN SNARE departing Aarhus June 15, 2008.
(Photo: Johnny Balsved)

ABSALON during the final stage of completion in Korsoer, July 2007.
(Photo: Johnny E. Balsved)

The second Command and Support Ship ESBERN SNARE seen here in Aarhus Harbor in April 2005.
(Photo: Bernt Skjøtt)

Sources:

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Søværnets Materielkommando (Naval Material Command), Copenhagen and Søværnets operative Kommando, (Admiral Danish Fleet), Aarhus.

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography