Absalon-class frigate vs Moudge-class frigate

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AWarships

Absalon-class frigate

Frigates (formerly support ships)

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Moudge-class frigate

Frigate

Credit

Tasnim News Agency · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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At a glance

Side by side

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Absalon-class frigateLength

137 m

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Moudge-class frigateLength

95 m

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Absalon-class frigatelarger figure on 2 of 3

Length+44%
Beam+76%

Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 3

Speed+26%

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Measured figures

Head to head

19 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

137m

95m

Length+44%

All recorded figures & sources

137 m

Length

Single source

137 m (449 ft 6 in)^[source]

95 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Absalon-class frigate and Moudge-class frigate configuration
Specification	Absalon-class frigate	Moudge-class frigate
Power	CODAD (Combined diesel and diesel) : 2 × 2 MTU 20V 8000 M70 with a combine output of 32.8 MW (44,000 shp ), with 2 shafts, and each a controllable-pitch propeller 1 × bow thruster^[source]	2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators^[source]
Builders	Odense Staalskibsværft^[source]	Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization^[source]
Operators	Royal Danish Navy^[source]	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Falster class

Cost	DKK 2.5bn (total), (~US$189m/ship) excluding weapon modules^[source]	—

Built	2003–2004^[source]	2001–present^[source]

In commission	2005–present^[source]	—

Completed	2^[source]	6^[source]

Active	2^[source]	0?^[source]

Type	Frigates (formerly support ships)^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Boats & landing craft carried	2 × SRC-90E special forces insertion craft 2 × RHIB^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Systems Combat management system: Terma C-Flex C4I (Combat management, command, control, communications and intelligence system) 20 × Mearsk Data Defence system multi-function consoles Radars and electro-optical sensors: 1 × Thales Nederland SMART-S Mk2 , S-band (IEEE) PESA , 3D , medium to long-range air and surface surveillance and guidance radar with an IFF system integrated 4 × Saab CEROS 200 Mk 3 fire control directors (radar and EOS) 1 × Scanter 2001 X-band (IEEE) surface surveillance radar 2 × FR-2135 X-band (IEEE) civilian navigation radar Sonars: 1 × Atlas Elektronik ASO 94-01 hull-mounted sonar 1 × Atlas Elektronik ACTAS towed array sonar (2025 upgrade contract) Communications: Tactical data links : Link 11 , Link 16 and Link 22 Satellite communications (civil / military) in EHF , SHF and UHF bands Antenna stations for army / air force / special forces use^[source]	Asr 3D PESA long-range radar^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	EW systems: 1 × ES 3701 Tactical Radar Surveillance System and Electronic Support Measures (ESM) 2 × Terma DL12T (Terma Mk 137 130 mm decoy launchers) 2 × Terma DL6T (Terma Mk 137 130 mm decoy launchers) Seagnat Mark 36 SRBOC (decoy launchers)^[source]	2 × 8 tube chaff launcher^[source]

Armament	Permanently mounted weapons: MASS after upgrade Missiles: 2 × 2 Sea Stinger platform ( MANPAD ) Torpedoes: 2 × dual MU90 Impact ASW torpedo launchers (launcher Mark 32 Mod 14) Cannons: 1 × Mk 45 gun Mod 4 (127 mm - L/62) 2 × CIWS Oerlikon Millennium Gun (GDM-008) with AHEAD ammunition (35×228mm) Small arms: 7 × M/01 LvSa HMG ( 12.7×99mm NATO ) Modular armament: 5 × StanFlex modules positions, with the following weapons: Stanflex Mk-56 VLS with 12 × RIM-162 ESSM (Typical mission with 3 × Stanflex RIM-162 ESSM - 36 missiles) Stanflex 2 × 4 Mk141 Harpoon inclined launcher with 8 × Harpoon SSM Block II (Typical mission with 2 × Stanflex Harpoon - 16 missiles)^[source]	Naval guns 1 × 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun 1 × 40 mm Fath-40 AAA or 1 × 30mm Kamand CIWS 2 × 20 mm cannons Oerlikon 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns Surface to air missiles 4 × Mehrab SAM , a naval version of the Sayyad-2 or 4 × Sayyad-3 SAM Anti-ship missiles 4 × Noor or Qader anti-ship missiles (Some ships are equipped with 8 anti-ship missiles) Anti-submarine warfare 2 × triple 324 mm torpedoes^[source]