Royal Danish Navy

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This article is about the Royal Navy of Denmark. For other Royal Navies, see Royal Navy (disambiguation).
Flag of the Royal Danish Navy. Ratio: 56:107
Flag of the Royal Danish Navy. Ratio: 56:107

The Royal Danish Navy (or Kongelige Danske Marine in Danish) is the sea-based branch of The Danish Defence force. Danish Navy ships carry the prefix KDM (Kongelige Danske Marine) in Danish, but is translated to HDMS (Her / His Danish Majesty's Ship) in English. During the period 1509-1814 when Denmark was in union with Norway, the Danish Navy was part of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. Today the Danish navy is very modern and most of the large ships were commissioned in the post-Cold War era. The Danish navy has some relatively large ships in the fleet, despite the smallness of the country, primarily due to its strategic maritime location as the NATO member controlling access to the Baltic.

Its primary education center is the Royal Danish Naval Academy, located in Copenhagen.

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[edit] List of vessels

HDMS Absalon L16 - Command and support ship
HDMS Absalon L16 - Command and support ship
HDMS Hvidbjørnen (F360) - her sistership Vædderen circumnavigated the globe as the Galathea 3 scientific expedition 2006-07
HDMS Hvidbjørnen (F360) - her sistership Vædderen circumnavigated the globe as the Galathea 3 scientific expedition 2006-07
HDMS Gunnar Thorson (A560) environmental protection vessel
HDMS Gunnar Thorson (A560) environmental protection vessel
Danish H class submarines, from left HAVKALEN, HAVMANDEN and HAVFRUEN
Danish H class submarines, from left HAVKALEN, HAVMANDEN and HAVFRUEN
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As of 2006, the Royal Danish Navy included the following vessels.

[edit] 1st Squadron

Domestic Affairs, based at the Frederikshavn Naval Base.

  • 8 Barsø-class patrol vessels
    • HDMS Barsø (Y300)
    • HDMS Drejø (Y301)
    • HDMS Romsø (Y302)
    • HDMS Samsø (Y303)
    • HDMS Thurø (Y304)
    • HDMS Vejrø (Y305)
    • HDMS Farø (Y306)
    • HDMS Rømø (Y308)
  • 3 icebreakers,
    • HDMS Danbjørn (A551)
    • HDMS Isbjørn (A552)
    • HDMS Thorbjørn (A553)
  • 2 Gunnar Thorson-class environmental protection vessels,
  • 2 Mette Miljø-class environmental protection vessels
    • HDMS Mette Miljø (A562)
    • HDMS Marie Miljø (A563)
  • 2 Miljø-class environmental protection vessels
    • HDMS 'Miljø 101' (Y340)
    • HDMS 'Miljø 102' (Y341)
  • 1 transport vessel,
    • HDMS Sleipner (A559)
  • 2 Svanen-class sail training ships
    • HDMS Svanen (Y101)
    • HDMS Thyra (Y102)

[edit] 2nd Squadron

Foreign affairs, Korsør Naval Base

all 3 to be decommissioned in 2011 and replaced by 3 new frigates.
  • 8 Flyvefisken-class patrol vessels length 54 meters, displacement 450 tonnes
    • HDMS Havkatten (P552)
    • HDMS Laxen (P553)
    • HDMS Makrelen (P554)
    • HDMS Støren (P555)
    • HDMS Glenten (P557)
    • HDMS Ravnen (P560)
    • HDMS Skaden (P561)
    • HDMS Viben (P562)
  • 4 MSF-class drone minehunters
    • HDMS MSF1
    • HDMS MSF2
    • HDMS MSF3
    • HDMS MSF4
  • 6 MRD-class drone minehunters
    • HDMS MRD1
    • HDMS MRD2
    • HDMS MRD3
    • HDMS MRD4
    • HDMS MRD5
    • HDMS MRD6

[edit] New vessels

  • 3 Frigates for 2nd Squadron. length 137.6 meters, displacement 5,850 tonnes[2]
    • Frigate 1 — tentatively F361[3] HDMS Ivar Huitfeldt[4]
    • Frigate 2 — F362
    • Frigate 3 — F363
  • 2 Knud Rasmussen-class vessels
    • HDMS Knud Rasmussen (P570)
    • HDMS Knud Rasmussen-class (P571)
  • 6 MkII Class vessels
    • MkII Class vessel 1
    • MkII Class vessel 2
    • MkII Class vessel 3
    • MkII Class vessel 4
    • MkII Class vessel 5
    • MkII Class vessel 6
  • 6 Holm-class vessels
    • HDMS Birkholm (A541)
    • HDMS Fyrholm (A542)
    • HDMS Ertholm (A543)
    • HDMS Alholm (A544)
    • HDMS Hirsholm (MSD5)
    • HDMS Holm-class (MSD6)

[edit] Naval Home Guard

  • 6 (+5) MHV900 class patrol boats,
    • MHV Enø (MHV901),
    • MHV Manø (MHV902),
    • MHV Hjortø (MHV903),
    • MHV Lyø (MHV904),
    • MHV Askø (MHV905),
    • MHV Fænø (MHV906)
    • MHV Hvidsteen (MHV907),
  • 18 MHV800 class patrol boats
    • MHV Aldebaran (MHV801),
    • MHV Carina (MHV802),
    • MHV Aries (MHV803),
    • MHV Andromeda (MHV804),
    • MHV Gemini (MHV805),
    • MHV Dubhe (MHV806),
    • MHV Jupiter (MHV807),
    • MHV Lyra (MHV808),
    • MHV Antares (MHV809),
    • MHV Luna (MHV810),
    • MHV Apollo (MHV811),
    • MHV Hercules (MHV812),
    • MHV Baunen (MHV813),
    • MHV Budstikken (MHV814),
    • MHV Kureren (MHV815),
    • MHV Patrioten (MHV816),
    • MHV Partisan (MHV817),
    • MHV Sabotøren (MHV818),
  • 6 MHV90 class patrol boats
    • MHV Bopa (MHV90),
    • MHV Brigaden (MHV91),
    • MHV Holger Danske (MHV92),
    • MHV Ringen (MHV94),
    • MHV Speditøren (MHV95)

[edit] Other

  • 1 Dive tender (converted Barsø class)
    • HDMS Læsø (Y307),
  • 2 Arvak class station tenders
    • HDMS Arvak (Y344),
    • HDMS Alsin (Y345)
  • 2 RO/RO vessels (chartered)
    • Tor Anglia
    • Tor Futura

[edit] Former

  • Henrik Gerner Nato-number A 542

[edit] Aircraft inventory

The Royal Danish Navy operates 8 helicopters for use onboard ships in the Arctic.

Aircraft Origin Type Versions In service[5] Pennant letters
Westland Lynx Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom naval helicopter Super Lynx Mk 90B 8 S-134, S-142, S-170, S-175, S-181, S-191, S-249 & S-256

[edit] Insignia

NATO Code OF-10 OF-9 OF-8 OF-7 OF-6 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-1 OF-D Student Officer
Flag of Denmark Denmark (Edit) No Equivalent
Admiral
Viceadmiral
Kontreadmiral
Flotilleadmiral
Kommandør
Kommandørkaptajn
Orlogskaptajn
Kaptajnløjtnant
Premierløjtnant
Løjtnant		 No Equivalent
NATO Code OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1
Flag of Denmark Denmark
(Edit)		 No Equivalent
Chefsergent Seniorsergent Oversergent Sergent stampersonel Værnepligtig sergent Kadet/Sergent Korporal Marinespecialist Marineoverkonstabel Marinekonstabel Marineelev/værnepligtig befaren Kampinformation værnepligtig

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://forsvaret.dk/1ESK/Enheder/Patruljefartøjer
  2. ^ Fregatter
  3. ^ http://forsvaret.dk/2ESK/Nyt+og+Presse/Store+fregatter+på+vej.htm (Danish)
  4. ^ New Danish frigates (Danish)
  5. ^ "World Military Aircraft Inventory", Aerospace Source Book 2007, Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 15, 2007. Aviation Week are wrong. S-170 crashed in Poland in 1997. A replacement airframe (S-170) was built by Westland. Aviation Week still has 7 airframes in their database.

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