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]
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 Knud Rasmussen participates in Operation Nanook 2010. |
| History |
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 Kingdom of Denmark |
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| Name | Knud Rasmussen |
| Namesake | Knud Rasmussen |
| Launched | 19 October 2006 |
| Identification | |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics |
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| Class and 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 | |
| Complement | 18 + aircrew and transients (Accommodation for up to 43 in total) |
Sensors and
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
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| Armament | |
| Aviation facilities | Aft helicopter deck, no hangar |
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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]
