HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen (P571)

HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen is a Royal Danish Navy patrol vessel.[1][2][3][4][5] Launched in November 2007, she is the second vessel of the Knud Rasmussen class. The normal patrol area of the Ejnar Mikkelsen, and her sister ships, will be the waters around Greenland.

HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen In Halifax, Nova Scotia for the 100 year anniversary celebrations of the Royal Canadian Navy
History
Kingdom of Denmark
NameEjnar Mikkelsen
NamesakeEjnar Mikkelsen
Builder
  • Karstensens Skibsværft.
  • Hull is built at the Polish Stocznia Pólnocna (Northern Shipyard) in Gdansk
Launched1 June 2007
Commissioned16 January 2009
Identification
Statusin active service, as of 2010
General characteristics
Class and typeKnud Rasmussen-class patrol vessel
Displacement1,720 long tons (1,748 t)
Length
  • LOA 71.8 m (235 ft 7 in)
  • LWL 61.0 m (200 ft 2 in)
Beam14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
Draft4.9 m (16 ft 1 in)
Propulsion2 × MAN B&W Diesel ALPHA 8L27/38 generating 2,720 kW (3,650 hp) each
SpeedLess than 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Range3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km)
Boats & landing
craft carried
Complement18 + 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
Armament
Aviation facilitiesAft helicopter deck, no hangar

The HDMS Hvidbjørnen and the Ejnar Mikkelsen participated with Danish air elements in sovereignty and Search and Rescue exercises off Greenland's west coast in September 2009.[1] The vessels patrol took them to the Nares Strait, close to Hans Island, the approaches to the Northwest Passage, and to Lancaster Sound. In Lancaster Sound they joined in a Search and Rescue exercise with the Canadian Coast Guard vessel the CCGS Henry Larsen.

The HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen anchored in Halifax, Canada, in 2010.

References
  1. "Update: Denmark's Arctic Assets and Canada's Response — Northern Deployment 2009: Danish Navy & CCG in the High Arctic". Canadian American Strategic Review. September 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07.
  2. "Knud Rasmussen commissioned: First new Arctic Offshore Patrol Vessel Commissioned". Royal Danish Navy. 2008-02-18. Archived from the original on 2009-02-08.
  3. "Knud Rasmussen Class (2008- )". Royal Danish Navy. 2007-11-19. Archived from the original on 2009-04-01.
  4. "Second OPV in Skagen: Both new Off Shore Patrol Vessels together for the first time". Royal Danish Navy. 2007-11-19. Archived from the original on 2009-02-08.
  5. "An Overview of Current, On-Going Danish Naval projects 2005-2009 Knud Rasmussen class Ice-Resistant OPV (Offshore Patrol Vessel)". Canadian American Strategic Review. May 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-09-19. Retrieved 2009-08-02.


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