HDMS Niels Juel (F363)
_(IMG_9992).jpg) HDMS Niels Juel entering Harstad on 22 June 2018
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| History | |
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 Denmark | |
| Name | Niels Juel |
| Namesake | Niels Juel |
| Builder | Odense Steel Shipyard, Odense |
| Laid down | 22 December 2009 |
| Launched | 21 December 2010 |
| Commissioned | 7 November 2011 |
| Homeport | Korsør |
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| Status | Active |
| Badge | .svg){kind=icon} |
| General characteristics | |
| Notes | The three ship class have shared characteristics. |
HDMS Niels Juel (F363) is an Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate in the Royal Danish Navy. The ship is named after Niels Juel, a 17th-century Danish admiral.
Design
[edit]The design is shared across the three ship class.
Construction and service history
[edit]The frigate was laid down on 22 December 2009 and launched on 21 December 2010 by Odense Steel Shipyard, at Odense. The vessel was commissioned on 7 November 2011.
From 7 May to 13 May 2022, Niels Juel took part in Exercise Mjolner 2022 held in the Arctic region. The vessel conducted its first launches of the SM-2 missiles.[1]
From March 2023 she was deployed for three months to a NATO naval force at very high alert joining task group 441.01.[2]
On 4 April 2024, shipping lanes and airspace in part of the Great Belt strait in Denmark were closed for hours after a missile launcher aboard the ship malfunctioned during a naval exercise.[3]
Gallery
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HDMS Niels Juel at Korsør on 16 May 2015. -
HDMS Niels Juel at Langeliniekaj on 20 January 2018. -
HDMS Niels Juel at Harstad on 22 June 2018. -
HDMS Niels Juel underway in Red Sea on 15 April 2019.
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See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Norwegian-Led Mjølner 2022 Multinational Exercise Concludes In Arctic". Naval News. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ The frigate Niels Juel joins Task Group 441.01
- ^ "Denmark shuts shipping strait over missile failure". BBC. 4 April 2024.
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