Absalon Class, Command and Support Ship L17 ESBERN SNARE, departing Navalstation Frederikshavn, to participate in Operation Ocean Shield, off The Horn off Africa.
Ironically on the day of the 72. years anniversary of the German occupation of Denmark during ww2.

Specifications
Built by: Odense Staalskibsværft, Lindø
Design: Naval Material Command, Denmark in cooperation with Odense Staalskibsværft, Lindø
Laid down: n/a
Launched: June 21, 2004
Commissioned: April 18, 2005
Int'l Call Sign: OUFB
Displacement: 6,300 tons
Dimensions:
Length: (LOA) 137.60 m (LWL) n/a
Beam: 19.5 m
Draught: 6.3 m
Complement: 100 men, cabins for 169 men.
Total lodging capacity up til 300 men.
Propulsion:
2 ea MTU 8000 M70 engines at 8.200 kW each
2 ea Propellers
1 ea Bow thruster (15 tons pressure)
Range: 9,000 nautical miles
Armament:
1 ea 127 mm Gun Mk M/02 LvSa (5” Mk 45 Mod 4)
From 2005:
16 ea Harpoon SSM (2x8)
3 ea Sea Sparrow SAM VLS Mk. 48 Launcher (3x6)
4 ea Stinger Lv M/93 (2x2)
7 ea 12.7 mm Heavy Machine Gun M/01 LvSa
From 2007, also:
2 ea 35 mm CIWS Mk M/04 LvSa (2x1)
4 ea SEAGNAT/SBROC Mk. 36 (4x6)
2 ea Torpedolauncher Mk. 32 Mod. 14 (2x2) for Anti Submarine Torpedoes MU-90 M/04
Additional space for:
2 ea Landing Crafts of the LCP Class
2 ea Agusta-Westland EH-101 Helicopters
? ea Mines
Speed: 23 knots (service speed)