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2nd |
1808 |
16 gunboats, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Ulrich A. Schønheyder, conquers the British brig TIGRESS off the small island of Agersø. |
2nd |
1812 |
2 armed schooners, commanded by Sub Lieutenant Hans Bodenhoff, forestall an attack on Tromsoe, Norway by the British frigate HORATIO; but are conquered by boats from the frigate after heavy losses on both sides, Sub Lieutenant Bodenhoff is seriously wounded. |
2nd |
1959 |
A training group composed of the frigates ESBERN SNARE and VALDEMAR SEJR, commanded by Rear Admiral Kaj Lundsteen, visits the Soviet Union as the first Danish naval visit since 1909. |
3rd |
1857 |
The Guard Ship Station in the Storebælt (Great Belt) is withdrawn due to the discontinuance of the Sound Dues. |
3rd |
1996 |
The Danish Chief of Defense, Admiral H. J. Garde, together with his wife, three other officers and an air crew of four, are killed as a RDAF Gulfstream Jet in bad weather conditions collides with a mountain at the Sørvágs Fjord on the Faroe Islands during a landing at the Vagar Airport. |
5th |
1914 |
Minefields are established inside the Danish Territorial Waters in the
Sound, Great Belt (Storebælt) and Lille Bælt. Light and lighthouses were put
out, and seamarks, buoys and beacons were partly withdrawn. |
7th |
1922 |
By confirmation of the Naval Act ("Søværnsloven"), the navy is divided into Divisions ("Divisioner"). The for naval ranks of kommandørkaptajn (Commander s.g.), orlogskaptajn (Commander), kaptajnløjtnant (Lieutenant Commander) and Søløjtnant are reintroduced. |
8th |
1857 |
The Guard Ship Station in the Sound (Øresund) is withdrawn due to the discontinuance of the Sound Dues. |
9th |
1655 |
The Admirals Board ("Admirals-kollegiet") is established and put together by the Lord Admiral ("Rigsadmiralen"), the Admiral of the Naval Dockyard ("Holmens admiral"), The Vice Admiral, 1 Secretary og 1 Admiralty Council. The Board continued until 1848, when it was replaced by the Department of the Navy ("Marineministeriet"). |
9th |
1808 |
The brig FAMA, Lieutenant Otto F. Rasch, and the royal yacht SØEORMEN, Sub Lieutenant Tøger Rosenørn, are conquered by 1 British brig, 2 bombardment vessel and 3 gun boats at Nyborg inlet, after a glorious fight. |
10th |
1809 |
8 gunboats, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Søren A. Bille conquers the British brig ALLART off Frederiksværk. (The Brig was was delivered to the British by the capitulation of Copenhagen 1807). |
10th |
1951 |
The frigate
NIELS EBBESEN, Commander s.g. Jørgen T. B. Münther,
participates in the hand over of the Naval Station GRONDAL from USA to Denmark. |
11th |
2006 |
The Off Shore Patrol Frigate VÆDDEREN departs Copenhagen serving as the naval platform for the 3rd Galathea Expedition, circumnavigating the World. |
16th |
1848 |
Lieutenant Commander Hendrich Krenchel, commander of the brig ØRNEN, pass on the ratified peace treaty with Morocco to HM the King. |
16th |
1850 |
The paddle steamer HEKLA, Commander Edouard Suensson, of the blockade
force outside Kiel, fights the Schleswig-Holstein steamship LØWE
and 4 gunboats in the Kiel inlet. |
17th |
1922 |
The Submarine Division ("Undervandsbådsdivisionen") is established, in accordance with the Naval Act of 1922. First commander will be Commander Henry C. Gad. |
18th |
1858 |
The Dry Dock at the Naval Dockyard in Copenhagen is opened in the presence of HM King Frederik VIIth. The frigate SJÆLLAND becomes the first ship to use this dock. |
18th |
1950 |
The artic sledge patrol SIRIUS is established. The patrol was originally named Operation RESOLUT, but during the winter of 1953-54, the name was changed to SIRIUS. |
19th |
1812 |
14 gunboats, commanded by Lieutenant Jørgen C. de Falsen, conquers the British brig ATTACK off Grenaa, Jutland. |
19th |
1915 |
The British Submarine E.13 destroyed at Saltholm |
21st |
1968 |
The Danish National Defense is put on a state of high alert ("Forstærket Fredsberedskab"), caused by the Warsaw-pact invasion into Czechoslovakia. |
21st |
2006 |
Naval Base Frederikshavn is officially decommissioned and replaced by the Naval Operational Support Center Frederikshavn (OPLOG FRH) under command of the Admiral Danish Fleet. |
22nd |
1974 |
Submarine NARHVALEN becomes the first Danish sub to cross the Polar Circle submerged, at 50 meters depth. |
22nd |
2006 |
Naval Base Korsør is officially decommissioned and replaced by the Naval Operational Support Center Korsør (OPLOG KOR) under command of the Admiral Danish Fleet. |
24th |
1949 |
The NATO treaty is ratified by the member countries, and Denmark joins the alliance. |
25th |
1813 |
7 gunboats from Brunsbüttel and Glückstadt, commanded by Lieutenant Johan Hedemann fights 11 British gunboats on the Elbe. |
27th |
1807 |
A gunboat flotilla, commanded by Lieutenant Christian Wulff, attacks a British battery at Gl. Pesthus on Kallebodstrand. |
29th |
1943 |
Scuttling of the Royal Danish Navy |
30th |
1922 |
The Ships Division ("Skibsdivisionen") is established, in accordance with
the Naval Act of 1922, and the Torpedo Boat Division, commanded by Commander
Christian A. Broberg, is assigned to the Ships Division. Captain Frederik
Cold is appointed first commander of the division. |
31st |
1807 |
A gunboat flotilla, under Commander Frederik Holsten takes part in the outbreak from Classens Have at Copenhagen; the gunboat STUBBEKØBING, Sub Lieutenant Peter U. Brun, went off. |
31st |
1844 |
A squadron, composed of the frigates GEFION og THETIS, the paddle steamer HEKLA and the brig MERCURIUS, all commanded by Commander s.g. Hans G. Garde, in cooperation with Norwegian and Swedish naval forces, is forcing the Sultan of Morocco to give up the collection of tributes, which he had practiced since 1768. |
31st |
1943 |
The minesweeper MS 1, Lieutenant Urban H. Gad, arrives Trelleborg, Sweden camouflaged as a tug, named SHARA, the sweeper was later renamed SORTE SARA ("Black Sara") on April 1, 1951. |
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