Time Line - July

Danish Naval Historical Time Line

Events marked with a indicates, that the day is also a Danish National or Military Flag Flying Day.

July

1st

1644

The Battle at Kolberger Heide
- Fleet of around 40 ships, divided into 3 squadron, comman-ded by HM. Christian the IVth fights a Swedish fleet of 42 ships, commanded by Admiral Klas Fleming.
The King is wounded during the battle, and loses one eye, however, he continues to fight under the motto: "...Når blot enhver vil gøre sin pligt" (...if just everyone is performing his duty) - To this day, the 1st verse of the Royal Danish National Anthem.

1st

1677

The Battle in the Bay of KJØGE
- A fleet of 27 ships-of-the-line and frigates, commanded by Admiral Niels Juel, beats a Swedish fleet of 30 ships-of-the-line and frigates, commanded by Admiral General Henrik Horn.
The Swede's lost 8 ships-of-the-line and around 4,000 men.

4th

1811

27 gunboats, commanded by Lieutenant Jørgen C. de Falsen attacks 4 British ships-of-the-line, 2 frigates and 2 brigs, including a large convoy, off the island of Hjelm.
4 gunboats are lost, while 1 British frigate and 17 merchant men are heavily damaged, but manage to escape.

5th

1990

The frigates PEDER SKRAM and HERLUF TROLLE are decommissioned, thereby (temporally?) marking the end of more than 100 years of the frigate era of the Royal Danish Navy.

6th

1812

The Battle at Lyngør
The frigate NAJADEN, Commander Hans Peter Holm, and the brigs LOLLAND, SAMSØ og KIEL fights in Lyngør harbor against the British ship-of-the-line DICTATOR, commanded by Captain Stewart, and the brigs CALYPSO, PODARGUS og FLAMER.
NAJADEN catches fire and sank, without striking the Naval Ensign (Orlogsflaget).

6th

1849

The Battle of Fredericia
- 1 paddle steamer, 1 gunboat flotilla and 18 transport vessels, commanded by Commander Hendrich Krenchel, took part in the outbreak from Fredericia and occupies Snoghøj.
- 4 paddle steamers, 2 gun boats and 4 transport vessels, Lieutenant Commander Frederik Muxoll attack the enemy retreat lines at Trældenæs and Randsfjord.

8th

1980

An East German Mine Sweeper of the KONDOR-Class rams the Danish Home Guard Cutter MHV 94 just south of Gedser.

44Read the complete story here

16th

1788

A Royal Proclamation decides that the Orlogsflaget (Naval Ensign) shall fly from the battery Christianus Sextus, as the Sovereign flag at the Copenhagen Salute Station. (Since October 1, 1784 the Sovereign Flag had been flying from the Citadel).
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19th

1810

Squadron of 6 brigs departing from Norway, commanded by Commander Johannes Krieger conquers a British convoy of 47 merchant ships in the Skagerak.

19th

1864

The gunboats of the Gun Boat Flotilla at the Vesterhavsøerne, (The North Sea islands) under Lieutenant Commander O. C. Hammer, is burned and scuttled by own crews, just before the Vesterhavsøerne are occupied by the Austrian-Prussian's as the last Danish defense area in Southern Jutland.

21st

1850

The paddle steamer HEKLA, Commander Edouard Suensson, opens fire at a Schleswig-Holstein gun boat in the Bay of Neustadt.
The gunboat catch fire and explodes.

23rd

1994

The Naval Cutter VEJRØ is rammed by a container vessel in the Fehmern Sound. Several crew members suffer light injuries, the ship is however seriously damaged.
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31st

1914

The Danish partly mobilized forces are formed, and the Navy is equipped for war time up til the break out of the 1st World War. Vice Admiral O. J. Kofoed-Hansen is Chief-in-Command of the Naval Supreme Command.

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This page was first published: August 11, 2002