The Danish Defence will in 2017 acquire 2 variations of a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat 850 (RHIB 850). Variation
one (1) is for The Danish Defence, Multi-role frigates and Arctic patrol ships, which primarily operates in the
waters around The Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland, and variation two (2) is for the Danish Defence,
Command & support ships and Frigates which operates Worldwide.
It is approximately 30 boats.
RHIB 850 will basically be used for taking care of operational and logistics tasks like transport of staff and/or
goods in different scenarios, fishing control plus Search and Rescue. Deployment of RHIB850 will take place
from ship to ship as well as from ship to land. RHIB 850 must be able to operate globally under all weather
conditions.