This is a list of the active vessels of the Royal Danish Navy.

Overview

Royal danish navy

Class	In Service	Type	Origin	Builder	Boats	No.	Comm.	Displacement	Speed	Picture	Notes
Frigates
Absalon-class frigate	2	Anti Submarine Warfare Frigate	Denmark	Odense Staalskibsværft	Absalon	F341	2004	6,600 tonnes	24 knots
					Esbern Snare	F342	2005
Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate	3	Air-defence frigate	Denmark	Odense Staalskibsværft	Iver Huitfeldt	F361	2011	6,645 tonnes	28 knots
					Peter Willemoes	F362	2011
					Niels Juel	F363	2011
Thetis class	4	Ocean Patrol Frigate[1]	Denmark	Svendborg Skibsværft	Thetis	F357	1991	3,500 tonnes	22 knots
					Triton	F358	1991
					Vædderen	F359	1992
					Hvidbjørnen	F360	1992
Patrol ships
Knud Rasmussen class	3	Patrol vessel	Denmark	Karstensens Skibsværft	Knud Rasmussen	P570	2008	1,720 tonnes	17 knots
					Ejnar Mikkelsen	P571	2009
					Lauge Koch (ship) [dk]	P572	2017
Diana class	6	Patrol vessel	Denmark	Faaborg Værft A/S Karlskrona Varvet	Diana	P520	2007	246 tonnes	25 knots
					Freja	P521	2007
					Havfruen [dk]	P522	2008
					Najaden (ship) [dk]	P523	2008
					Nymfen [dk]	P524	2009
					Rota (ship) [dk]	P525	2009
Multi-purpose ships
Holm class [dk]	4	Multi-purpose vessel	Denmark	Danish Yacht	Birkholm (ship) [dk]	A541	2006	98 tonnes	11 knots
					Fyrholm [dk]	A542	2006
					Ertholm [dk]	A543	2006
					Alholm [dk]	A544	2007
Mine warfare ships
Holm class [dk]	2	Mine countermeasure drone [2]	Denmark	Danish Yacht	Hirsholm [dk]	MSD5	2007	125 tonnes	12 knots
					Saltholm (ship) [dk]	MSD6	2008
Auxiliary fleet
Gunnar Thorson class	2	Environmental protection vessel	Denmark	Ørskov Christensen Stålskibsværft A/S	Gunnar Thorson	A560	1996	1,660 tonnes	12 knots
					Gunnar Seidenfaden (ship) [dk]	A561	1996
Flyvefisken-class	1	Diving support vessel	Denmark	Danish Yacht	Søløven [dk]	Y311	1996	450 tonnes	30 knots		Former patrol vessel converted in 2012[3]
Light boats
LCP class SB90E	4	Landing Craft Personnel	Sweden	Storebro Bruks AB	—	LCP 1 - LCP 4	2003 - 2004	7.2 tonnes	42 knots		[4]
LCP class SB90E	2	Search and rescue	Sweden	Storebro Bruks AB	DAGMAR	SAR 1	2007	1,660 tonnes	12 knots	—	Used on Knud Rasmussen and Ejnar Mikkelsen ships, modified with ice-reinforcements and upgraded engines
					NAJA	SAR 2	2007
MHV RHIB	29	RHIB Rigid-hulled inflatable boats	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Naval Home Guard

Class	In Service	Type	Origin	Builder	Boats	No.	Comm.	Displacement	Speed	Picture	Notes
Patrol ships
MHV 800 [dk] class	17	Patrol and rescue vessel	Denmark	Søby værft	—	MHV801 - MHV817	1992 - 2000	83 tonnes	12 knots
MHV 900-class	12	Patrol and rescue vessel	Denmark	Søby værft	—	MHV901 - MHV912	2003 - 2011	87 tonnes	13 knots		Primary mission, search and rescue

Future ships

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/06/new-naval-vessels-for-denmark/

1st Squadron

Division 11

• Thetis-class ocean patrol vessels:
  • HDMS Thetis (F357)
  • HDMS Triton (F358)
  • HDMS Vædderen(F359)
  • HDMS Hvidbjørnen(F360)

Division 19

• —:
  • HDMS Knud Rasmussen (P570)
  • HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen (P571)
  • HDMS Lauge Koch (P572)

Royal Yacht

• Royal Yacht (no class given):
  • HDMY Dannebrog (A540)

Cartography

• Holm class multirole boats:
  • HDMS Birkholm (A541)
  • HDMS Fyrholm (A542)
• Cartography vessels of the SKA-class:
  • HDMS SKA-12
  • HDMS SKA-16
• Cartography vessels of the O-class:
  • HDMS O-1
  • HDMS O-2

2nd Squadron

Division 21

• 3 Iver Huitfeldt-class frigates:^[5]
  • HDMS Iver Huitfeldt (F361)^[6]
  • HDMS Peter Willemoes (F362)
  • HDMS Niels Juel (F363)

Division 22

• Absalon-class frigates:
  • HDMS Absalon (F341)
  • HDMS Esbern Snare (F342)

MCM Denmark

MCM Denmark is a container based mine countermeasures concept, which can be deployed on Absalon-, Thetis-, Sea Supply-, Knud Rasmussen- class, HDMS Sleipner, chartered ships with container positions or ordinary trucks.^[7][8]

• Holm class multirole boats (fitted for remote controlled mine sweeping):
  • HDMS Hirsholm (MSD5)
  • HDMS Saltholm (MSD6)
• MSF-class drone minehunters
  • HDMS MSF1
  • HDMS MSF2
  • HDMS MSF3
  • HDMS MSF4
• MRD-class drone minehunters
  • HDMS MRD1 (Laid up at the Danish Navy's depot at Jerup)
  • HDMS MRD2 (Laid up at the Danish Navy's depot at Jerup)
  • HDMS MRD3 (Laid up at Naval Base Frederikshavn)
  • HDMS MRD4 (In service as a tender at Naval Base Korsør)
  • HDMS MRD5 (Laid up at the Danish Navy's depot at Jerup)
  • HDMS MRD6 (Laid up at the Danish Navy's depot at Jerup)^[9][10]

Diving Service

• Flyvefisken-class patrol vessels:
  • Y311 Søløven

3rd Squadron

Division 31

• Diana-class patrol vessels:
  • HDMS Diana (P520)
  • HDMS Freja (P521)
  • HDMS Havfruen (P522)
  • HDMS Najaden (P523)
  • HDMS Nymfen (P524)
  • HDMS Rota (P525)

Division 32

• Sea Supply-class environmental protection vessels,
  • HDMS Gunnar Thorson (A560)
  • HDMS Gunnar Seidenfaden (A561)
• Sea Truck-class environmental protection vessels
  • HDMS Mette Miljø (A562)
  • HDMS Marie Miljø (A563)
• Miljø-class environmental protection vessels
  • HDMS Miljø 101 (Y340)
  • HDMS Miljø 102 (Y341)
  • HDMS Miljø 103 (Y342)
• Transport-vessels (no class given):
  • HDMS Sleipner (A559)

Division 33

• Svanen-class sail training ships
  • HDMS Svanen (Y101)
  • HDMS Thyra (Y102)
• Holm class multirole boats vessels:
  • HDMS Ertholm (A543)
  • HDMS Alholm (A544)

Vessels not organised in the squadrons

• Storebro SB90E:
  • 4 LCP, Landing Craft Personnel; 10 troops, 4 stretchers or 2 tonnes of cargo for the Absalon-class
  • 2 SAR, Search and Rescue vessels for the Knud Rasmussen-class
• VTS-class fast response vessels:
  • HDMS VTS-1
  • HDMS VTS-4
• MHV90 class patrol boats
  • HDMS Lunden (Y343)
• Arvak class station tenders
  • HDMS Arvak (Y344),
  • HDMS Alsin (Y345)

Plus a variety of RHIBs, smaller vessels as well as several Ro/Ro-vessels on a permanent charter.

Naval Home Guard

Though not a part of the Royal Danish Navy, Naval Home Guard vessels support the Danish Navy in a number of tasks.

• MHV800 class patrol boats
  • Aldebaran (MHV801)
  • Carina (MHV802)
  • Aries (MHV803)
  • Andromeda (MHV804)
  • Gemini (MHV805)
  • Dubhe (MHV806)
  • Jupiter (MHV807)
  • Lyra (MHV808)
  • Antares (MHV809)
  • Luna (MHV810)
  • Apollo (MHV811)
  • Hercules (MHV812)
  • Baunen (MHV813)
  • Budstikken (MHV814)
  • Kureren (MHV815)
  • Patrioten (MHV816)
  • Partisan (MHV817)
  • Sabotøren (MHV851) (ex-MHV818, hull extended to the size of MHV900 class and the pennantnumber changed to reflect this)
• MHV900 class patrol boats,
  • Enø (MHV901)
  • Manø (MHV902)
  • Hjortø (MHV903)
  • Lyø (MHV904)
  • Askø (MHV905)
  • Fænø (MHV906)
  • Hvidsteen (MHV907)
  • Brigaden (MHV908)
  • Speditøren (MHV909)
  • Ringen (MHV910)
  • Bopa (MHV911)
  • Holger Danske (MHV912)

Notable historical vessels

• List of ships of the Dano-Norwegian Navy
• HDMS Peder Skram (F352)
• HDMS Olfert Fischer (F355)
• HDMS Sælen (S323)
• HDMS Niels Juel (1918)
• HDMS Jylland