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Frigates (formerly support ships)
Absalon-class frigate is a frigates (formerly support ships). It was built by Odense Staalskibsværft. Reported operators include Royal Danish Navy.
Odense Staalskibsværft
Royal Danish Navy
Falster class
DKK 2.5bn (total), (~US$189m/ship) excluding weapon modules
2003–2004
2005–present
2
2
Frigates (formerly support ships)
4,500 tonnes light, 6,600 tonnes full load
137 m (449 ft 6 in)
19.5 m (64 ft 0 in)
6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
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
24 knots (44 km/h)
9,000 nmi (17,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
2 × SRC-90E special forces insertion craft 2 × RHIB
100, plus aircrew and transients (accommodation for up to 300 in total)
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
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)
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)
Helicopters: 1 × MH-60R Seahawk , and / or 1 × EH-101
Aft helicopter hangar (for 2 helicopters) Aft flight deck
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Absalon-class frigate equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
DenmarkNavy exact named equipment holdings of Absalon (flexible support ships). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS / FFGHM. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The leading printed inventory count is retained; separately stated extra reserve, nonoperational or repair quantities inside parentheses are not added to it and remain verbatim in the excerpt. Source parentheses retain employment, lease, reporting designation, alternate model, or included-subset scopes exactly. Own fetched primary and alternate/model identity declarations are retained. Numbers inside an included subset are part of the printed count and are never added again; no sibling or parent specification is copied.
Navy exact named Absalon (flexible support ships) component holdings; active, operational-reserve and training equipment excluding equipment in store, except explicit status exclusions stated below. November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national total or combat-readiness measure. Source armament/capacity counts are excluded.
Reported count for Absalon class. Service scope: Navy fleet; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 2. Origin: Denmark. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.