HDMS ABSALON

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Allision in Frederikshavn

The Danish frigates 'Absalon' and 'Esbern Snare' (MMSI 220191000) were in allision in the morning of Feb 23, 2024, at the naval station Frederikshavn in connection with a storm, which developed hurricane force gusts, sweeping across the northern and western parts of the country. No people have been injured. The 'Esbern Snare' broke lose from its moorings, after which the frigate drifted into the 'Absalon'. It only resulted in minor damage to the two warships. The 'Esbern Snare' was towed back ito its berth.

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A Danish warship, the Absalon, sunk a Somali pirate "mothership" in the Indian Ocean, a NATO spokesman said Monday. The Absalon, flagship of NATO's counter-piracy efforts off the Horn of Africa, disrupted a piracy attack in the Somali basin on Sunday and then scuttled a mothership," the spokesman said. The motherships are used to move attack teams into an area from which they can launch raids on passing ships. This was a very well executed operation," said Commodore Christian Rune, commander of NATO's anti-piracy mission.