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Air defence frigate
Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate is a air defence frigate. It was built by Odense Staalskibsværft Baltija Shipbuilding Yard Loksa Shipyard. Reported operators include Royal Danish Navy.
Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Joshua L. Leonard · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · ModifiedOdense Staalskibsværft Baltija Shipbuilding Yard Loksa Shipyard
Royal Danish Navy
Niels Juel -class corvette
US$325 million per ship
2008–2011
2012–present
3
3
Air defence frigate
6,645 t (6,540 long tons ) (full load)
138.7 m (455 ft 1 in)
19.75 m (64 ft 10 in)
5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Four MTU 8000 20V M70 diesel engines , 8.2 MW each Two shafts, CODAD
28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
165
Radars : Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar ( I band ) 2 × Saab CEROS 200 fire control radars Terma SCANTER 6000 surveillance and helicopter guidance radar Sonars : Atlas ASO 94 hull mounted sonar
EW systems : 8 × 6-barrelled Terma Mk 137 130 mm decoy launchers ES-3701 Tactical Radar Electronic Support Measures ( ESM ) Seagnat Mark 36 SRBOC MASS after upgrade
Permanently mounted weapons: 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm 1 × Oerlikon Millennium 35 mm Naval Revolver Gun System CIWS 2 × dual MU90 Impact ASW torpedo launchers 32-cell Mark 41 Vertical Launching System for up to 32 SM-2 IIIA surface-to-air missiles 6 StanFlex modules, with the following options each: 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm , usually mounted in bow slot 1 × Mk.56 VLS fitting 12 RIM-162 ESSM (usually mounts 2) 8 × Harpoon Block II SSM in inclined launchers (usually mounts 2)
1 × MH-60R
Aft helicopter deck and hangar
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sept 2026 | 138.7 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 29 Sept 2026 | 138.7 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
DenmarkNavy exact named equipment holdings: Iver Huitfeldt. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS / DDGHM. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Navy exact named class holdings of Iver Huitfeldt. 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 / DDGHM. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The own fetched design source declares this exact class and its PDF operator country; ship capacities and fitted launcher/armament counts are retained as source scope, not added to hull quantities.
Reported count for Iver Huitfeldt 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: 3. 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.