Knud Rasmussen class
The Knud Rasmussen class is a class of offshore patrol vessels operating in the Royal Danish Navy from 2008. Built to replace the Agdlek-class cutters on a one-for-one basis, the Knud Rasmussen-class vessels are significantly larger, enabling patrols further offshore.
The ships' normal tasks include fisheries inspections, environment protection, search and rescue, sovereignty enforcement, icebreaker assignments (Finnish-Swedish ice class 1A Super/Polar Class 6), towage and salvage operations and general assistance to the Danish and Greenland governments (including police tasks). The class has a helicopter deck aft behind the superstructure but lacks an aircraft hangar. However, it can perform Rotors running refueling and can thus increase the endurance and the range of the helicopter. December 2013 a third ship of the class (HDMS Lauge Koch) was ordered by the Danish Parliament. Service entry of the third ship will be 2016, with an estimated cost of 513 mill Dkr (US$ 77.7 million).
| Type: | Ocean patrol craft |
| Displacement: | 1,720 tons (2,050 t full load) |
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| Beam: | 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in) |
| Draft: | 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x MAN B&W Diesel ALPHA 8L27/38 generating 2,720 kW (3,650 hp) each through RENK reduction gear "Twin in/single out" |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Range: | 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) |
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1 x SB90E for search and rescue, 1x 7 m (23 ft) RHIB, 1 x 4.8 metres (16 ft) RHIB |
| Complement: | 18 + aircrew and transients (Accommodation for up to 43 in total) |
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| Aviation facilities: | Aft helicopter deck |
One of the smaller vessels, my issue here is that there is no hanger and would need a major resign around this. She is also smaller and lighter than our current OPV's and I am not sure she would suite the southern ocean. Budget wise as NoCGV Svalbard she would be well with in budget with cash left over but with alterations made for hanger then all over a sudden she is alot more expensive. I don't believe she would meet the requirements of the RNZN and SOPV Project laid out in the DCP 2019. Simply put to small and no hanger.
