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The leasing of submarines is not foreign to Denmark, as Denmark leased the U-Class submarines in the post-war period of 1946–54 form Great Britain. However, Denmark has been increasing its defense budget to increase security which makes possible diversifying naval capabilities in conjunction with its naval goals a renewed possibility. [16]
In June 2023, Denmark announced considering to reintroduce submarines into its navy. The need to secure the Faroe Islands, Greenland, the Arctic and the Baltic Sea justifies this consideration. [27] An alternative mentioned by Denmark would be a close cooperation with allies. [28]
However, historically Denmark has operated them, the submarines were retired in 2004 as part of cooperative defence agreement and restructuring. The Royal Danish Navy has operated a wide variety of vessels over the years, including different types of submarines, patrol boats, minesweepers, missile boats, and frigates.
Näcken-class submarines of the Royal Danish Navy (2 P) Narhvalen-class submarines (3 P) T. Tumleren-class submarines (2 P) U.
The murder of Kim Wall, known in Denmark as Ubådssagen (transl. "The submarine case"), [2] took place on 10 August 2017, after Swedish freelance journalist Kim Wall boarded the midget submarine UC3 Nautilus, in Køge Bugt, Denmark, for a pre-arranged interview of its owner, Danish entrepreneur Peter Madsen.
The Delfinen-class submarines were the first class of submarines constructed for the Royal Danish Navy following World War II. They were designed and built within Denmark, with first three boats of the class financed by Denmark. The fourth was financed by the United States (where it was known as SS-554) under the Cost Share program.
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UC3 Nautilus was a privately built Danish midget submarine. It was built over a three-year period by Peter Madsen and a group of volunteers, and cost approximately US$200,000 to build (1.5 million DKK). The submarine was Madsen's third submarine design. [2]