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The Royal Danish Navy (Danish: Søværnet, lit. ' The Navy ') is the sea-based branch of the Danish Armed Forces force. The RDN is mainly responsible for maritime defence and maintaining the sovereignty of Danish territorial waters (incl. Faroe Islands and Greenland).
The Royal Danish Navy ranks follows the NATO system of ranks and insignia, as does the rest of the Danish Defence.Outside this ranking system there are physicians (who may wear the same insignia in the Army/Air Force but with a slight variation in the Navy), nurses and veterinarians, while priests and judicial personnel wear completely different insignia and are without rank.
Launched in 1998, chartered by Danish Navy since 2007 as part of NATO Response Force . [13] – 1 France: RO/RO. Roll-on / roll-off. Tor Dania – 2007: Societé Metallurgique & Navale Dunkerque-Normandie: 21,491 tonnes Launched in 1978, rebuilt in 1995, chartered by Danish Navy since 2007 as part of NATO Response Force . [14] – 1 Italy: RO/RO
Denmark’s Sirius Dog Sled Patrol – which takes its name from the “Dog Star” or the brightest star in the night sky – is an elite special forces unit attached to the Royal Danish Navy.
Denmark has already set aside $400 million to strengthen ... with the patrol being a specialized unit of the Royal Danish Navy. ... huge problems in relation to Greenland," defence analyst and ...
Today, the armed forces consists of: the Royal Danish Army, Denmark's principal land warfare branch; the Royal Danish Navy, a blue-water navy with a fleet of 20 commissioned ships; and the Royal Danish Air Force, an air force with an operational fleet consisting of both fixed-wing and rotary aircraft.
The navy was for a large part funded by Norwegian means as a royal resolution dictated that the income from Norway was to be used towards its construction and upkeep [citation 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.
The following list contains the aircraft used by the Royal Danish Air Force or its predecessors, the Danish Army Air Corps and Royal Danish Naval Aviation. During the Nazi occupation from 1940 to 1945, Danish military aviation was prohibited. The aircraft currently in use are highlighted in blue.