This article is about the history of the navy of Denmark. For the current Danish naval forces, see Royal Danish Navy.
Dano-Norwegian navy
Coat of arms of Denmark
Active
1510–1814
Disbanded
12 April 1814
Country
Denmark–Norway
Allegiance
King of Denmark-Norway
Type
Navy
Role
Coastal defence 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 cause")
Colours
Red & White
Engagements
See list
Swedish War of Liberation Count's Feud Northern Seven Years' War Kalmar War Torstenson War Northern War (1655–1660) Scanian War Danish–Algerian War Great Northern War Battle of Copenhagen (1801) Battle of Copenhagen (1807) Gunboat War
Commanders
Notable Comm.
See list
Peter Tordenskjold Henrik Bjelke Niels Juel Cort Adeler
Insignia
Naval Ensign (1625–1814)[1][2]
Military unit
The history of the Danish navy began with the founding of a joint Dano-Norwegian navy on 10 August 1510, when King John appointed his vassal Henrik Krummedige to become "chief captain and head of all our captains, men and servants whom we now have appointed and ordered to be at sea".[3][4]
The joint fleet was dissolved when Christian Fredrick established separate fleets for Denmark and Norway on 12 April 1814. These are the modern ancestors of today's Royal Danish Navy and Royal Norwegian Navy.
^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.
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