:HDMS Iver Huitfeldt (F361)
{{short description|Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:Warships steam in formation for a photo exercise during exercise Baltic Operations 2018.jpg |Ship caption= HDMS Iver Huitfeldt underway, June 2018 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Denmark |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Denmark|naval}} |Ship name=Iver Huitfeldt |Ship namesake=Iver Huitfeldt |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Odense Steel Shipyard, Odense |Ship laid down=2 June 2008 |Ship launched=11 March 2010 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=21 January 2011 |Ship decommissioned= |Ship identification= *{{MMSI Number|219103000}}
|Ship in service= |Ship motto= *En genio, et armis
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HDMS Iver Huitfeldt (F361) is a {{sclass|Iver Huitfeldt|frigate}} in the Royal Danish Navy. The ship is named after Iver Huitfeldt, a 17th-century Danish officer.
Design
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The design is shared across the three ship class.
Construction and service history
She was laid down in June 2008 and launched in March 2010 by Odense Steel Shipyard, Odense. She was commissioned in January 2011.
In 2020, the Iver Huitfeldt was attached to the {{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower}} carrier strike group, which included the guided missile cruisers {{USS|Vella Gulf|CG-72|6}}, {{USS|San Jacinto|CG-56|6}}, and the destroyers {{USS|Stout}}, {{USS|Truxtun|DDG-103|6}}, and {{USS|James E. Williams}}. They left Norfolk Naval Base on 17 January 2020.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-21|title=Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Deploys to the Atlantic|url=https://news.usni.org/2020/02/20/eisenhower-carrier-strike-group-deploys-to-the-atlantic|access-date=2020-12-04|website=USNI News|language=en-US}} She participated in Operation Agenor in August 2020, to ensure free compliance at sea.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-09|title=Denmark to Take Over Command of Operation Agenor from January 2021|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/11/denmark-to-take-over-command-of-operation-agenor-from-january-2021/|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Naval News|language=en-US}}
On 29 January 2024, Iver Huitfeldt departed from Korsør naval base in Denmark for the Red Sea, to assist the US-led coalition in safeguarding commercial traffic against Houthi attacks.{{Cite news |date=29 January 2024 |title=Danish frigate departs for the Red Sea to assist US-led operation |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/danish-frigate-departs-red-sea-assist-us-led-operation-2024-01-29/ |access-date=29 January 2024 |work=Reuters}}
Gallery
File:F361 Iver Huitfeldt.jpg|HDMS Iver Huitfeldt at Århus, January 2012.
File:Iver Huitfeldt 6671.JPG|HDMS Iver Huitfeldt, June 2012.
File:Iver Huitfeldt 6467.JPG|HDMS Iver Huitfeldt, June 2012.
File:F361 Iver Huitfeldt in Korsør.JPG|HDMS Iver Huitfeldt at Korsør, May 2015.
File:180609-N-TJ319-0139 (42734546251).jpg|HDMS Iver Huitfeldt alongside {{ship|TCG|Gediz|F 495|6}} during BALTOPS 2018.
References
{{Commons category|F361 Iver Huitfeldt (ship, 2010)}}
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Category:Iver Huitfeldt-class frigates
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