HDMS Niels Juel underway in the Red Sea, April 2019
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Class overview | |
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Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | Niels Juel-class corvette[3] |
Subclasses | Arrowhead 140 frigate (Type 31 frigate) |
Cost | US$325 million per ship[1][2] |
Built | 2008–2011 |
In commission | 2012–present |
Planned | 3 |
Completed | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Air defence frigate |
Displacement | 6,645 t (6,540 long tons) (full load) |
Length | 138.7 m (455 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 19.75 m (64 ft 10 in) |
Draft | 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[6] |
Complement | 165 |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × MH-60R |
Aviation facilities | Aft helicopter deck and hangar |
The Iver Huitfeldt class is a three-ship class of air defence frigates that entered service with the Royal Danish Navy in 2012 and 2013.[8][9][10]
Euphemisms for 'frigate' have become the norm in Denmark – the frigate-sized Thetis class OPVs were dubbed Inspektionsskib and Absalon class support ships will never be called Transport Frigates in official use. However, it is hard to see the planned powerful, heavily-armed Patruljeskib as anything other than frigates.