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Johnny E. Balsved

Data Sheet

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Classification

Type:

Offshore Patrol Vessel

Class:

KNUD RASMUSSEN Class

Other Ships
in Class:

P 571 EJNAR MIKKELSEN

Specifications

Built by:

Karstensens Ship Yacht A/S, Skagen (The hull is built at the Polish Stocznia Pólnocna (Northern Shipyard) in Gdansk)

Design:

Karstensens Ship Yacht A/S in cooperation with the Danish Defense Acquisition and Logistics Organization

Laid down:

November 21, 2005

Launched:

October 19, 2006

Commissioned:

February 18, 2008

Decommissioned:

In service

Pennant Number:

P570

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

1,720 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

(LOA) 71.80 m
(LWL) 61.00 m

14.60 m

4.95 m

Complement:

18 men (lodging capacity for 43)

Propulsion:

2 ea B&W ALPHA 8L27/28 á 2.720 kW v/800 rpm
1 ea Propeller (CP)
RENK reduction gear "Twin in/single out"

Range:

3,000 nautical miles

Armament:

2 ea 12,7 mm Heavy Machine Guns M/01 LvSa

Additional space for:

1 ea SAR/Landing Crafts of the LCP Class

Speed:

17 knots

Notes

The vessel has two flex container positions, one in the front and one in the aft, enabling it to carry a number of flexible systems, must of all one 76 mm Gun Mk M/85 LvSa on the foredeck.

More Photos

The offshore patrol vessel KNUD RASMUSSEN immediately after being delivered to the RDN, February 2008.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

The off shore patrol vessel KNUD RASMUSSEN being completed at Karstensens Ship Yacht A/S in Skagen, november 2007.
(Photo: Peter Helgesen, Skagen)

Sources:

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Danish Defense Acquisition and Logistics Organization

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