HDMS Knud Rasmussen

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

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 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]

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. ^ "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.
5. ^ "Danish Navy's Knud Rasmussen-class Patrol Ships Are Built for Icy Greenland Waters". Defense Media Network. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
6. ^ "100816-G-4702D-012 Operation Nanook". Ninth District Public Affairs, US Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
7. ^ "Arctic Cooperation – Canadian MCDV, HMCS Shawinigan, exercises with the Danish ice-resistant Patrol Vessel, the Knud Rasmussen". Canadian American Strategic Review. October 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-17. This was the start of a 'cooperation exercise' (SAMEX) [3] between the Knud Rasmussen and HMCS Shawinigan. The emergency call was simulated only for the purposes of the exercise. The day's program also featured a replenishment-at-sea (RAS) exercise, crew exchanges, casualty exercises aboard both vessels, and, later, a photography session.
8. ^ DRMNews (15 September 2025). WATCH: NATO Forces Train in Greenland Amid Rising Tensions | DRM News | AC1N. YouTube. Retrieved 16 September 2025.

• Warship International Staff (2010). "New Danish Navy Patrol Ship". Warship International. XLVII (3): 194. ISSN 0043-0374.

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