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HDMS Absalon (F341) and her sister ship Esbern Snare are the two members of the Absalon class. [2] The lead ship of the class is named after Danish archbishop and statesman Absalon and received full operational status in 2007.
The Absalon class are frigates of the Royal Danish Navy, [2] [3] [4] commissioned in 2005. The two ships in the class may be described as a hybrid between a frigate and military transport ship with multiple role capabilities, [5] with the capacity to be transformed from a combat ship with the firepower of a traditional frigate to a hospital ship within a day.
Denmark is considering its options regarding the future replacement of the Thetis class and the Absalon class. [31] A potential successor of the Thetis class was unveiled in September 2023 by OSK Design, the Arctic Frigate. The Danish Navy mentioned that it would need the successor of the Thetis to enter service in 2032. [32]
The first HDMS Esbern Snare (F341), was a Hunt-class destroyer purchased from the Royal Navy in 1952. The second and current HDMS Esbern Snare (F342) , commissioned in 2007, is an Absalon -class support ship .
Nearby, the Danish frigate HDMS Esbern Snare, which was docked at the Frederikshavn Naval Station, broke free because of the storm and slowly drifted into another frigate, HDMS Absalon, causing ...
The Rheinmetall Oerlikon Millennium Gun or Rheinmetall GDM-008 is a close-in weapon system designed by Rheinmetall Air Defence AG (formerly known as Oerlikon Contraves) for mounting on ships.
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HDMS Absalon (F341) E. HDMS Esbern Snare (F342) This page was last edited on 14 December 2020, at 20:06 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...