HDMS Knud Rasmussen (P570)

Knud Rasmussen participates in Operation Nanook 2010.
History
Denmark
Name:	Knud Rasmussen
Namesake:	Knud Rasmussen
General characteristics
Class and 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 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:	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.Knud Rasmussen and her sister ships normally operate in the waters around Greenland.

Knud Rasmussen participated in Operation Nanook 2010, in August 2010, and 2014, in Baffin Bay and the Davis Strait, with Canadian and American vessels.