Military and Naval Appointments of the Danish Royal Family
| Dano-Norwegian navy | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms of Denmark | |
| Active | 1510–1814 |
| Disbanded | 12 Apr 1814 |
| State |  Kingdom of denmark–Norway |
| Allegiance | King of Kingdom of denmark-Norway |
| Blazon | Navy |
| Part | Coastal defense force and fortification Naval warfare |
| Size | 19,000 personnel (1709) 471 Ships (1808) |
| Part of | Danish military |
| H/Q | Holmen, Copenhagen |
| Motto(s) | Gud og den retfærdige sag ("God and the just crusade") |
| Colours | Red & White |
| Engagements | Run across list
|
| Commanders | |
| Notable Comm. | See list
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| Insignia | |
| Naval Ensign (1625–1814)[ane] [2] |  |
The history of the Danish navy began with the founding of a joint Dano-Norwegian navy on 10 August 1510, when Male monarch John appointed his vassal Henrik Krummedige to become "principal captain and caput of all our captains, men and servants whom we now have appointed and ordered to exist at sea".[3] [4]
The articulation fleet was dissolved when Christian Fredrick established separate fleets for Kingdom of denmark and Norway on 12 April 1814. These are the modern ancestors of today's Regal Danish Navy and Majestic Norwegian Navy.
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The primary task of the fleet in the first period of its beingness was to counter the ability of the Hanseatic League and secure control in the Baltic Sea. The fleet was expanded to exist one of the largest in Europe nether the direction Christian IV with 50-105 larger warships and a large number of brigs and sloops, numbering in full effectually 75. In the 17th and 18th centuries during the menstruation of absolutism its main aim was to command the Strait of Øresund against the Swedish Empire. In this period information technology consisted of 45 ships of the line with an average of sixty guns, plus 20-forty frigates, big enough to counter the Imperial Swedish Navy at the time. The number of guns on the ships of the line was smaller, a feature only the Dano-Norwegian navy had- dissimilar from the average number of cannons mounted on warships of the bang-up ocean powers of the time just information technology was partly a deliberate determination of the admiralty, in order to make the ships able to navigate in the countless narrow waters effectually the Danish isles. The Napoleonic Wars besides saw the construction of nearly 200 gunboats during the Gunboat War with the United Kingdom later on the British decisively defeated the Dano-Norwegian armada and captured their entire navy. The Bille Family with Steen Andersen Bille had a large role in the reconstruction of the Dano-Norwegian fleet.[five]
The navy was considered to be the Male monarch's personal property, and "the King'due south waters" consisted of the bounding main off Denmark, Norway the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland, big parts of the Baltic, the waters east of the N Greatcoat and off Spitsbergen. For the entire menses of its existence its main base was Holmen in Copenhagen, merely on dissimilar occasions smaller chore forces was stationed in Fredriksvern in Norway and in Glückstadt.
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In 1709 there was most 19,000 personnel enrolled in the common fleet. Of these 10 000 were Norwegian. When Tordenskjold made his raid at Dynekil in 1716, over 80% of the sailors and 90% of the soldiers were Norwegian.[half-dozen]
During peacetime most of the navy personnel served in the merchant fleet, which was of considerable size in the 18th century. The primary problem for Denmark-Kingdom of norway in case of war was thus often to round up the required number of skilled sailors for the navy.
The navy was for a large part funded past Norwegian means as a imperial resolution dictated that the income from Norway was to be used towards its construction and upkeep[ commendation needed ].
The majority of the ships of the line in the 17th and 18th centuries were named after the royalty of Denmark-Norway, as well as the lands of the kingdoms. At the end of the 18th century information technology became more common to name them in a national romantic vein, using names from the history of Denmark and from the Old Norse mythology.
Ships [edit]
A comprehensive database of Danish warships already exists[Note ane] [Note ii]
- Engelen, (1504–?)
- Maria, (1504–?)
- Trost a.k.a. Hunden and Skjodehunden (c. 1600)
- Den Røde Løve a.k.a. Løven (c. 1600)
- Katten a.k.a. Grønlandiske Kat (1605–1611)
- Tre Kroner, warship (1601–1624)
- Gabriel, (c. 1616)
- Stora Sofia, warship (1624–1645)
- Norske Løve, warship (1634–1653)
- Frederik, warship (1649–1673)
- Sophia Amalia, warship (1650–1687)
- Prins Christian a.1000.a. Prinsesse Charlotte Amalie and Enigheden, warship (1651–1679)
- Trefoldighed, warship (1652–1676)
- Norske Løve, warship (1654–1666)
- Prins Christian a.k.a. Christianus Quintus, (1665–1708) Orlogsskib
- Norske Løve, warship (1665–1679)
- Hummeren, warship/frigate (1666–1700)
- Norske Løve, warship (1680–1715)
- Dannebroge, ship of the line (1692–1710)
- Fredericus Quartus a.k.a. Shop Christianus Quintus (1699–1732) warship
- Elephanten, ship of the line (1703-1728)
- Hjælperinden, arms pram (1718–?)
- Norske Løve, warship (1735–1764)
- Fredericus Quintus, warship (1753–1775)
- Hvide Ørn, frigate (1753–1776)
- Søridderen, frigate (1758–1785)
- Norske Løve, warship (1765–1798)
- Cristian den Syvende, warship (1767–?)
- Den Prægtige, warship (1768–1799)
- Dristigheden, bomb vessel (1771–?)
- Holsteen, transport of the line (1775–1801)
- Disco, frigate (1778–?)
- Friderichsværn, frigate (1783–1807)
- Speideren, cutter (1783–1799)
- Søehesten, gun barge (1785–1801)
- Aggershuus, cavalry pram (1786–1805)
- Indfødsretten, transport of the line (1787–1801)
- Hielperen, frigate (1787–1806)
- Lærken, lugger (1788–1797)
- Neptunus, warship (1789–1807)
- Triton, frigate (1790–1807)
- Najaden, frigate (1796–1807)
- Waldemar, warship (1797–1807)
- Prinds Christian Frederik, warship (1804–1808)
- Najaden, frigate (1811–1812)
Notes [edit]
- ^ The Purple Danish Naval Museum website lists over 2400 ships with access to their blueprint plans and models where such exist. The list of Danish ships starts with one dated 1640 and reaches 1938. Using Danish language settings, it is possible to search for/filter specific types of send, the designers by name, and specific dates. Besides from this museum is the skibregister, consisting of record cards for private ships (where they have been saved)
- ^ Each complete ship's wiki-commodity is probably listed in the Category:Ships of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy
Sources [edit]
- ^ Naval Ensign at Danish Naval History.
- ^ History of the Dannebrog at Danish Naval History.
- ^ Mikael Bill, Pernille Kroer, Niels Mejdal, Leif Mortensen, "Danmarks Flåde i 500 år", specialavis udgivet af Soværnets Operative Kommando i samarbejde med Danmarks Marineforening, 4 June 2010. (in Danish)
- ^ "Den danske flåde 1510-2010" Archived 2010-05-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish) Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ^ Ole Feldbæk, Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie, volume 9, 2003. pp. 133. ISBN 87-89068-30-0.
- ^ Ole Feldbæk, Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie, volume ix, 2003. pp. 135. ISBN 87-89068-30-0.
External links [edit]
- Danish Naval History (in English)
- Danske og Norske Søværnet (in Danish)
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Danish_navy
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