Landing Ship/Platform Dock |
2004 |
| Classified as combat support ships they are built with an internal multipurpose deck (or flex deck) and a stern vehicle ramp. These ships are highly versatile and can serve as command vessels, hospital, transport a company-sized landing force or for mine-laying/cleaning operations for example. |
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| Royal Danish Navy | L16 | KDM Absalon | OUFA | 2004 | -- | |||
| Royal Danish Navy | L17 | KDM Esbern Snare | OUFB | 2005 | -- | |||
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| 2004-feb-25 | Launched | L16 KDM Absalon | ||||
| 2004-jun-21 | Launched | L17 KDM Esbern Snare | ||||
| 2004-oct-19 | Commissioned | L16 KDM Absalon | ||||
| 2005-apr-18 | Commissioned | L17 KDM Esbern Snare | ||||
| 2005-jul-1 | Port Visit | L17 KDM Esbern Snare Present at the 2005 International Festival of the Sea, Portsmouth. | ||||
| 2010-jan | Deployment | L16 KDM Absalon  Combined Task Force 150 to Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean as NATO Counter-Piracy Flagship (Task Force 508), until Mar 2010. | ||||
| 2010-jun-7 | Deployment | L17 KDM Esbern Snare BALTOPS 10 participated with BALTOPS 2010 | ||||
| 2010-jun-28 | Port Visit | L16 KDM Absalon Fleet Review: 100th anniversary of Canadian Navy visited Halifax for MARLANT Fleet Review | ||||
| 2010-aug-10 | Port Visit | L16 KDM Absalon Fleet Review: 500 years anniversary of RDN on board (hangar) Lynx S-134 | ||||
| 2013-oct-7 | Deployment | L16 KDM Absalon Exercise Joint Warrior 13-2 participated in two week exercise off NW Scotland | ||||
| 2015-apr-11 | Deployment | L16 KDM Absalon Exercise Joint Warrior 15-1 participated in JW 15-1, off NW Scotland | ||||
| 2015-jun-5 | Deployment | L16 KDM Absalon BALTOPS 15 deployed to Baltic Sea for BALTOPS 2015. | ||||
| 2016-oct-9 | Deployment | L16 KDM Absalon Exercise Joint Warrior 16-2 Participated in Ex JW16-2 | ||||
| 2017-mar-24 | Deployment | L16 KDM Absalon Exercise Joint Warrior 17-1 Participated in Joint Warrior 17-1, in Scottish Training Areas | ||||
| 2018-aug-22 | Deployment | L17 KDM Esbern Snare Exercising with Japanese Training Squadron in the Baltic, which included JDS Kashima and JDS Makinami. | ||||
| 2019-mar | Deployment | L16 KDM Absalon Exercise Joint Warrior 19-1 Mar 2019, NATO SNMG1 amphibious support ship, participated in JW19-1; noted operating MH-60R N-976. | ||||
| 2019-jun-9 | Deployment | L16 KDM Absalon BALTOPS 19 participated in NATO Baltic exercise during mid Jun. | ||||
| 2020-sep-7 | Deployment | L17 KDM Esbern Snare to HMNB Devonport for a series of FOST exercises. | ||||
