Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate

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.

HDMS Niels Juel underway in the Red Sea, April 2019
Class overview
Builders
Operators Royal Danish Navy
Preceded byNiels Juel-class corvette
SubclassesArrowhead 140 frigate (Type 31 frigate)
CostUS$325 million per ship
Built2008–2011
In commission2012–present
Planned3
Completed3
General characteristics
TypeAir defence frigate
Displacement6,645 t (6,540 long tons) (full load)
Length138.7 m (455 ft 1 in)
Beam19.75 m (64 ft 10 in)
Draft5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement165
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar
  • Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar (I band)
  • Terma SCANTER 6000 surveillance and helicopter guidance radar
  • Atlas ASO 94 hull mounted sonar
  • 2 × Saab CEROS 200 fire control radars
  • ES-3701 Tactical Radar Electronic Support Measures (ESM)
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 8 × 6-barrelled Terma Mk 137 130 mm decoy launchers
  • Seagnat Mark 36 SRBOC
Armament
  • 32-cell Mark 41 Vertical Launching System for up to 32 SM-2 IIIA surface-to-air missiles
  • 12 × Mk.56 VLS fitting 24 RIM-162 ESSM
  • 8 × Harpoon Block II SSM
  • Either additional 12 Mk.56 VLS (for a total 48 ESSMs) Or additional 8 inclined launchers (for a total of 16 Harpoons)
  • 2 × OTO Melara 76 mm mainguns
  • 1 × Oerlikon Millennium 35 mm Naval Revolver Gun System CIWS
  • 2 × dual MU90 Impact ASW torpedo launchers
Aircraft carried1 × MH-60R
Aviation facilitiesAft helicopter deck and hangar
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