History of the Danish navy

Dano-Norwegian 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)

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".

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.

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