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The Royal Danish Navy (or Kongelige Danske Marine in Danish) is the sea-based branch of The Danish Defence force. Danish Navy ships carry the prefix KDM (Kongelige Danske Marine) in Danish, but is translated to HDMS (Her / His Danish Majesty's Ship) in English. During the period 1509-1814 when Denmark was in union with Norway, the Danish Navy was part of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. Today the Danish navy is very modern and most of the large ships were commissioned in the post-Cold War era. The Danish navy has some relatively large ships in the fleet, despite the smallness of the country, primarily due to its strategic maritime location as the NATO member controlling access to the Baltic.

Contents 1 List of vessels 1.1 1st Squadron 1.2 2nd Squadron 1.3 New vessels 1.4 Naval Home Guard 1.5 Other 1.6 Former 2 Aircraft inventory 3 Insignia 4 References 5 External links

As of 2006, the Royal Danish Navy included the following vessels.

Domestic Affairs, based at Frederikshavn Naval Base.

• 4 Thetis-class ocean patrol vessels; (frigate size) length 112 meters, displacement 3,500 tonnes
  • HDMS Thetis (F357)
  • HDMS Triton (F358)
  • HDMS Vædderen(F359)
  • HDMS Hvidbjørnen(F360)

• 3 Agdlek-class ocean patrol cutters
  • HDMS Agdlek (Y386)
  • HDMS Agpa (Y387)
  • HDMS Tulugaq (Y388)
  • All 3 to be replaced in 2008 by 2 new patrol ships with a length of 61 meters and a displacement of 1,720 tonnes.

• 3 Flyvefisken-class patrol vessels;^[1] length 54 meters, displacement 450 tonnes
  • HDMS Gribben (P558)
  • HDMS Lommen (P559)
  • HDMS Søløven (P563)

• 8 Barsø-class patrol vessels
  • HDMS Barsø (Y300)
  • HDMS Drejø (Y301)
  • HDMS Romsø (Y302)
  • HDMS Samsø (Y303)
  • HDMS Thurø (Y304)
  • HDMS Vejrø (Y305)
  • HDMS Farø (Y306)
  • HDMS Rømø (Y308)

• 3 icebreakers,
  • HDMS Danbjørn (A551)
  • HDMS Isbjørn (A552)
  • HDMS Thorbjørn (A553)

• 2 Gunnar Thorson-class environmental protection vessels,
  • HDMS Gunnar Thorson (A560)
  • HDMS Gunnar Seidenfaden (A561)

• 2 Mette Miljø-class environmental protection vessels
  • HDMS Mette Miljø (A562)
  • HDMS Marie Miljø (A563)

• 2 Miljø-class environmental protection vessels
  • HDMS 'Miljø 101' (Y340)
  • HDMS 'Miljø 102' (Y341)

• 1 transport vessel,
  • HDMS Sleipner (A559)

• 2 Holm class multirole boats
  • HDMS Birkholm (A541)
  • HDMS Ertholm (A543)

• 2 Svanen-class sail training ships
  • HDMS Svanen (Y101)
  • HDMS Thyra (Y102)

• Royal Yacht,
  • HDMS Dannebrog (A540)

Foreign affairs, Korsør Naval Base

• 2 Absalon-class command and support ships; (destroyer size) length 137.6 meters, displacement 6,300 tonnes
  • HDMS Absalon (L16)
  • HDMS Esbern Snare (L17)
    • 4 LCP, Landing Craft Personnel; 10 troops, 4 stretchers or 2 tonnes of cargo

• 3 Niels Juel-class corvettes length 84 meters, displacement 1,320 tonnes
  • HDMS Niels Juel (F354)
  • HDMS Olfert Fischer (F355)
  • HDMS Peter Tordenskiold (F356)

all 3 to be decommissioned in 2011 and replaced by 3 new patrol ships.

• 8 Flyvefisken-class patrol vessels length 54 meters, displacement 450 tonnes
  • HDMS Havkatten (P552)
  • HDMS Laxen (P553)
  • HDMS Makrelen (P554)
  • HDMS Støren (P555)
  • HDMS Glenten (P557)
  • HDMS Ravnen (P560)
  • HDMS Skaden (P561)
  • HDMS Viben (P562)

• 4 MSF-class drone minehunters
  • HDMS MSF1
  • HDMS MSF2
  • HDMS MSF3
  • HDMS MSF4

• 6 MRD-class drone minehunters
  • HDMS MRD1
  • HDMS MRD2
  • HDMS MRD3
  • HDMS MRD4
  • HDMS MRD5
  • HDMS MRD6

• 3 Patrolships for 2nd Squadron. (New vessels which in size and armament could be classified as destroyers or frigates. However, for political reasons they are classified as patrolships.). length 137 meters, displacement: 6,200 tonnes^[2].
  • Patrolship 1
  • Patrolship 2
  • Patrolship 3

• 2 Knud Rasmussen-class vessels
  • HDMS Knud Rasmussen (P570)
  • HDMS Knud Rasmussen-class (P571)

• 6 MkII Class vessels
  • MkII Class vessel 1
  • MkII Class vessel 2
  • MkII Class vessel 3
  • MkII Class vessel 4
  • MkII Class vessel 5
  • MkII Class vessel 6

• 6 Holm-class vessels
  • HDMS Birkholm (A541)
  • HDMS Fyrholm (A542)
  • HDMS Ertholm (A543)
  • HDMS Alholm (A544)
  • HDMS Hirsholm (MSD5)
  • HDMS Holm-class (MSD6)

• 4 (+7) MHV900 class patrol boats,
  • MHV Enø (MHV901),
  • MHV Manø (MHV902),
  • MHV Hjortø (MHV903),
  • MHV Lyø (MHV904),

• 18 MHV800 class patrol boats
  • MHV Aldebaran (MHV801),
  • MHV Carina (MHV802),
  • MHV Aries (MHV803),
  • MHV Andromeda (MHV804),
  • MHV Gemini (MHV805),
  • MHV Dubhe (MHV806),
  • MHV Jupiter (MHV807),
  • MHV Lyra (MHV808),
  • MHV Antares (MHV809),
  • MHV Luna (MHV810),
  • MHV Apollo (MHV811),
  • MHV Hercules (MHV812),
  • MHV Baunen (MHV813),
  • MHV Budstikken (MHV814),
  • MHV Kureren (MHV815),
  • MHV Patrioten (MHV816),
  • MHV Partisan (MHV817),
  • MHV Sabotøren (MHV818),

• 6 MHV90 class patrol boats
  • MHV Bopa (MHV90),
  • MHV Brigaden (MHV91),
  • MHV Holger Danske (MHV92),
  • MHV Hvidsteen (MHV93),
  • MHV Ringen (MHV94),
  • MHV Speditøren (MHV95)

• 1 Dive tender (converted Barsø class)
  • HDMS Læsø (Y307),

• 2 Arvak class station tenders
  • HDMS Arvak (Y344),
  • HDMS Alsin (Y345)

• 2 RO/RO vessels (chartered)
  • Tor Anglia
  • Tor Futura

• Henrik Gerner Nato-number A 542

The Royal Danish Navy operates 8 helicopters for use onboard ships in the arctic.

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Versions	In service[3]	Pennant letters
Westland Lynx	United Kingdom	naval helicopter	Super Lynx Mk 90B	8	S-134, S-142, S-170, S-175, S-181, S-191, S-249 & S-256

NATO Code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1		OF-D	Student Officer
Denmark (Edit)	No Equivalent	Admiral	Viceadmiral	Kontreadmiral	Flotilleadmiral	Kommandør	Kommandørkaptajn	Orlogskaptajn	Kaptajnløjtnant	Premierløjtnant	Løjtnant	Sekondløjtnant	No Equivalent

NATO Code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5			OR-4		OR-3		OR-2		OR-1
Denmark (Edit)											No Equivalent
	Chefsergent						Seniorsergent		Oversergent								Sergent stampersonel	Værnepligtig sergent	Kadet/Sergent	Korporal		Marinespecialist		Marineoverkonstabel	Marinekonstabel	Marineelev/værnepligtig befaren	Kampinformation værnepligtig

• Official website (Danish)(English)
• Flådens Historie - Danish Naval History (Danish)(English)

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