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able to navigate in the countless narrow waters around the Danish isles. The Napoleonic Wars also saw the construction of nearly 200 gunboats during the Gunboat War with the United Kingdom after the British decisively defeated the Dano-Norwegian fleet and captured their entire navy. The Bille Family with
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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. At the end of the 18th century, it became more common to name them in a national romantic vein, using names from the history of Denmark and from
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at the time. The number of guns on the ships of the line was smaller, a feature only the Dano-Norwegian navy had- different from the average number of cannons mounted on warships of the great sea powers of the time but it was partly a deliberate decision of the admiralty, in order to make the ships
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starts with one dated 1640 and reaches 1938. Using Danish language settings, it is possible to search for/filter specific types of ship, the designers by name, and specific dates. Also from this museum is the
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Mikael Bill, Pernille Kroer, Niels Mejdal, Leif Mortensen, "Danmarks Flåde i 500 år", specialavis udgivet af Soværnets Operative Kommando i samarbejde med Danmarks Marineforening, 4 June 2010.
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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.
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with 50-105 larger warships and a large number of brigs and sloops, numbering in total around 75. In the 17th and 18th centuries during the period of
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The navy was considered to be the King's personal property, and "the King's waters" consisted of the sea off Denmark, Norway the
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to become "chief captain and head of all our captains, men and servants whom we now have appointed and ordered to be at sea".
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In 1709 there was about 19,000 personnel enrolled in the common fleet. Of these 10 000 were Norwegian. When
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The primary task of the fleet in the first period of its existence was to counter the power of the
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This article is about the history of the navy of Denmark. For the current Danish naval forces, see
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website lists over 2400 ships with access to their design plans and models where such exist. The
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in 1716, over 80% of the sailors and 90% of the soldiers were Norwegian.
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had a large role in the reconstruction of the Dano-Norwegian fleet.
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on 12 April 1814. These are the modern ancestors of today's
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During peacetime most of the navy personnel served in the
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Index

Dano-Norwegian Navy
Royal Danish Navy

Coat of arms of Denmark
Denmark–Norway
King of Denmark-Norway
Navy
Coastal defence and fortification
Naval warfare
Danish military
Holmen, Copenhagen
Gud og den retfærdige sag
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
Søren Norby
Peter Tordenskjold
Henrik Bjelke
Niels Juel
Cort Adeler

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