HDMS Knud Rasmussen

HDMS Knud Rasmussen is a Royal Danish Navy patrol vessel.^[1][2][3][4] Knud Rasmussen and her sister ships normally operate in the waters around Greenland. HDMS Knud Rasmussen is capable of breaking through ice up to 80 cm thick.^[5]

Knud Rasmussen participates in Operation Nanook 2010.
History
Kingdom of Denmark
Name	Knud Rasmussen
Namesake	Knud Rasmussen
Launched	19 October 2006
Identification	MMSI number: 220428000 Callsign: OVFG
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class & type	Knud Rasmussen-class patrol vessel
Displacement	1,720 long tons (1,748 t)
Length	61 m (200 ft 2 in)
Beam	14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
Draft	4.9 m (16 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × MAN B&W Diesel ALPHA 8L27/28 generating 2720 kW each
Speed	Less than 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Range	3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km)
Boats & landing craft carried	1 × SB90E for Search and rescue 1 × 7m (60 HP) RHIB 1 × 4.8m (45 HP) RHIB
Complement	18 + aircrew and transients (Accommodation for up to 43 in total)
Sensors & processing systems	1 × Terma Scanter 4100 surface and air search radar 3 × Furuno navigation radars SAAB CEROS 200 radar and optronic tracking system and CWI illumination radar
Armament	1 × 76 mm Gun Mk M/85 LvSa 2 × 12.7 mm Heavy Machine Gun M/01 LvSa RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile surface-to-air missiles (not fitted with) MU90 Impact ASW torpedo
Aviation facilities	Aft helicopter deck, no hangar

Knud Rasmussen participated in Operation Nanook 2010, in August 2010, and 2014, in Baffin Bay and the Davis Strait, with Canadian and American vessels.^[6][7]

In September 2025, the Knud Rasmussen took part in the NATO Arctic Light exercise off Greenland.^[8]