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Comparisons  –  NATO Allies  –  Current Danish Naval Projects  –  May  2008 An Overview of Current, On-Going Danish Naval projects  2005-2009 Standard Mk II  Naval Patrol Cutter & SAR Vessels  —  the Diana class Danish Navy Coastal Surveillance  and  Search and Rescue  —  the Standard Mk 2  Diana class Six  Standard Vessel Mk II – or Diana class – will be built for surveillance (including environment patrol),  search and rescue,  explosive ordnance disposal,  sovereignty patrols, assistance to civil authorities, etc. These standard flex patrol craft are intended to replace 8 old Barsø patrol cutters. The six Diana class are traditional 43m semi-displacement boats. An aft ramp is provided for a rigid inflatable boat (left, the inboard RHIB is powered by a 200 hp diesel ). A single standard flex container can be carried (originally two container slots were intended, but one was sacrificed for the rear ramp). The glassfibre hull is built  by Sweden's Kockums Karlskrona Varvet. [1] The hulls are transferred to Faaborg Værft A/S, the Danish prime contractor for outfitting and delivery to the Danish navy after they are fitted with their propulsion systems. The engines are refurbished diesel engines (some from  decommissioned Flyvefisken class ships, other found second-hand in Sweden).  The MTU diesels are powerful and give the Diana class a respectable top speed of 25 knots. The Flyvefisken engines had relatively low hours on them and re-using these diesels saved the Danish navy on spares and training, as well as on overall costs. FMT (Forsvarets Materieltjeneste – DALO, the Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization) lists a Diana class budget (inclusive of costs for consultants, training and spares, RHIBs, etc.) of 283M Kroner (about $47.75M at 1999 price levels). This amounts to about 50M Kroner (or $8.42M in 1999 dollars) for each completed Diana class vessel, an economical purchase by any standard. The Diana class hull is ice-strengthened to 10 cm (maximum). The Diana class is bigger than the old Barsø class (more than half again longer and displacing over 30 tonnes more) but the Diana class has a smaller complement (9 vs 11) due to automation and is also twice as fast (25 vs 11 kt ).   Diana Class   Standard Mk II  (Standardfartøj Mk II )   Displacement:   Full load: 276 tonnes, empty: 186 tonnes   Dimensions:   length 43.0m,  beam 8.2m,  draught 2.0m   Complement:   9 crew (normal, but accommodation for 15)   Propulsion:     2  x  2100 kW (2816 hp) at 1975 rpm,  MTU   16V 396 TB94 diesel engines,  2 propellers   Range:   700-to-1000 nautical miles  (sources vary)   Performance:   top speed  25 knots   Armament:   2  x  12.7 mm Browning M/01 LvSa  HMG   Hull      Name       Launched       Commissioned   P520     Diana      12/12/2007           12/12/2007   P521     Freja        08/29/2006           30/05/2008   P522   Havfruen   11/29/2006           22/09/2008   P523    Najaden    03/27/2007          11/12/2008   P524     Nymfen     07/30/2007           04/05/2008   P525     Rota         10/19/2007           ———— [1] This Swedish yard helped the Danish navy formulate the glassfibre sandwich building system for the Flyvefisken class 20 years ago. This construction know-how was originally transferred  to a Danish yard –  Danyard  –  which no longer exists. But using these techniques to build the new Standard  Mk I and  Mk II demonstrates the navy's positive experience and  faith in the materials. Further reading: Danish Naval History (Diana class & naming), Forsvaret Mk II (pdf, in Danish). Also see Danish Naval History for more on the Barsø cutters that the Diana class are to replace.