HDMS Knud Rasmussen
 Knud Rasmussen participates in Operation Nanook 2010. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Kingdom of Denmark | |
| Name | Knud Rasmussen |
| Namesake | Knud Rasmussen |
| Launched | 19 October 2006 |
| Identification |
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| 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 |
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| Complement | 18 + aircrew and transients (Accommodation for up to 43 in total) |
| Sensors and processing systems | |
| Armament |
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| Aviation facilities | Aft helicopter deck, no hangar |
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. HDMS Knud Rasmussen is capable of breaking through ice up to 80 cm thick.[5]
Knud Rasmussen participated in Operation Nanook 2010, in August 2010, and 2014, in Baffin Bay and the Davis Strait, with Canadian and American vessels.[6][7]
References
- ^ "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 2009-10-07.
- ^ "Knud Rasmussen commissioned: First new Arctic Offshore Patrol Vessel Commissioned". Royal Danish Navy. 2008-02-18. Archived from the original on 2009-02-08.
- ^ "Knud Rasmussen Class (2008- )". Royal Danish Navy. 2007-11-19. Archived from the original on 2009-04-01.
- ^ "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 2009-09-19. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ^ "Danish Navy's Knud Rasmussen-class Patrol Ships Are Built for Icy Greenland Waters". Defense Media Network. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ "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.
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"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.
Sources
- Warship International Staff (2010). "New Danish Navy Patrol Ship". Warship International. XLVII (3): 194. ISSN 0043-0374.