The 138 Long command & support ship Absalon can perform a number of national and international task, including transportation of personal and material, command platform for land, air and sea operations. The ship also has a mine laying capacity. It also has the capacity to carryout humanitarian operations as a hospital ship. The ship is fitted with a 900 square meter flexible deck to perform in different operations and has a roll-on-roll-off (RO/RO) capacity aft. The Absalon has during 2008, 2009 and 2010 been participating in patrolling, and capturing pirates in the waters around Somalia.

This model have been discontinued, and is not currently in production.