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Created: 2019-03-06 10:42:04 AM
Last Edited: 2021-11-19 12:05:11 PM

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HDMS Absalon (2010/06/07)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Odense Staalskibsværft	Location:	Odense, Denmark	Hull #:
Design:	Absalon class
Keel Layed:	2003/11/28	Launched:	2004/02/25	Commissioned:	2004/10/19

Propulsion
As built	Type:	2 MTU 8000 M70 diesel engines	Output:	22300 bhp
	Manufacturer:

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	137.6 m (451.4 ft)	Gross Tonnage:
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:
	Beam:	19.5 m (64.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:		Displacement:	6300
	Draft:

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner

Manager

From

Until

Fleet	From	Until
Royal Danish Navy	2004/10/19

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
HDMS Absalon (L16)	2020
HDMS Absalon (F341)

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
	Frederikshaven, Denmark	OUFA	220189000	2004/10/19

Description

HDMS Absalon (L16) and her sister ship Esbern Snare are the two biggest ships ever to serve in the Royal Danish Navy (RDN), and are the two members of the Absalon class. The two ships in the Absalon class, named after Danish archbishop and statesman Absalon, received full operational status in 2007.

The Absalon was featured in Discovery Channel's Mighty Ships, in season 2, episode 5 (first aired in 2009), while it lead Combined Task Force 150 in the fight against Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden.

Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at Yard	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost		Date:

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