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Time Line - August

Danish Naval Historical Time Line

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

August
2nd	1808	16 gunboats, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Ulrich A. Schønheyder, conquers the British brig TIGRESS off the small island of Agersø.
2nd	1812	2 armed schooners, commanded by Sub Lieutenant  Hans Bodenhoff, forestall an attack on Tromsoe, Norway by the British frigate HORATIO; but are conquered by boats from the frigate after heavy losses on both sides, Sub Lieutenant Bodenhoff is seriously wounded.
2nd	1959	A training group composed of the frigates ESBERN SNARE and VALDEMAR SEJR, commanded by Rear Admiral Kaj Lundsteen, visits the Soviet Union as the first Danish naval visit since 1909.
3rd	1857	The Guard Ship Station in the Storebælt (Great Belt) is withdrawn due to the discontinuance of the Sound Dues.
3rd	1996	The Danish Chief of Defense, Admiral H. J. Garde, together with his wife, three other officers and an air crew of four, are killed as a RDAF Gulfstream Jet in bad weather conditions collides with a mountain at the Sørvágs Fjord on the Faroe Islands during a landing at the Vagar Airport.
5th	1914	Minefields are established inside the Danish Territorial Waters in the Sound, Great Belt (Storebælt) and Lille Bælt. Light and lighthouses were put out, and seamarks, buoys and beacons were partly withdrawn. 1st Squadron, commanded by Captain Nyholm, are stationed in the Sound and 2nd Squadron, Captain Thomas V. Garde, are stationed in Storebælt; while a few ships are stationed in Lille Bælt etc.
7th	1922	By confirmation of the Naval Act ("Søværnsloven"), the navy is divided into Divisions ("Divisioner"). The for naval ranks of kommandørkaptajn (Commander s.g.), orlogskaptajn (Commander), kaptajnløjtnant (Lieutenant Commander) and Søløjtnant are reintroduced.
8th	1857	The Guard Ship Station in the Sound (Øresund) is withdrawn due to the discontinuance of the Sound Dues.
9th	1655	The Admirals Board ("Admirals-kollegiet") is established and put together by the Lord Admiral ("Rigsadmiralen"), the Admiral of the Naval Dockyard ("Holmens admiral"), The Vice Admiral, 1 Secretary og 1 Admiralty Council. The Board continued until 1848, when it was replaced by the Department of the Navy ("Marineministeriet").
9th	1808	The brig FAMA, Lieutenant Otto F. Rasch, and the royal yacht SØEORMEN, Sub Lieutenant Tøger Rosenørn, are conquered by 1 British brig, 2 bombardment vessel and 3 gun boats at Nyborg inlet, after a glorious fight.
10th	1809	8 gunboats, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Søren A. Bille conquers the British brig ALLART off Frederiksværk. (The Brig was was delivered to the British by the capitulation of Copenhagen 1807).
10th	1951	The frigate NIELS EBBESEN, Commander s.g. Jørgen T. B. Münther, participates in the hand over of the Naval Station GRONDAL from USA to Denmark. The name is changed to Naval Station GRØNNEDAL ("Green Valley"), first commander was Commander Knud A. Edvards.
11th	2006	The Off Shore Patrol Frigate VÆDDEREN departs Copenhagen serving as the naval platform for the 3rd Galathea Expedition, circumnavigating the World.
16th	1848	Lieutenant Commander Hendrich Krenchel, commander of the brig ØRNEN,  pass on the ratified peace treaty with Morocco to HM the King.
16th	1850	The paddle steamer HEKLA, Commander Edouard Suensson, of the blockade force outside Kiel,  fights the Schleswig-Holstein steamship LØWE and 4 gunboats in the Kiel inlet. 1 gun boat is set on fire.
17th	1922	The Submarine Division ("Undervandsbådsdivisionen") is established, in accordance with the Naval Act of 1922. First commander will be Commander Henry C. Gad.
18th	1858	The Dry Dock at the Naval Dockyard in Copenhagen is opened in the presence of HM King Frederik VIIth. The frigate SJÆLLAND becomes the first ship to use this dock.
18th	1950	The artic sledge patrol SIRIUS is established. The patrol was originally named Operation RESOLUT, but during the winter of 1953-54, the name was changed to SIRIUS.
19th	1812	14 gunboats, commanded by Lieutenant Jørgen C. de Falsen, conquers the British brig  ATTACK off Grenaa, Jutland.
19th	1915	The British Submarine E.13 destroyed at Saltholm 1st Torpedo boat Flotilla, commanded by Commander Eduard Haack, intervenes and stops the unprovoked German attack on the British submarine E.13 inside Danish Territorial Waters. The other units of the Danish 1st Squadron, commanded by Captain Thomas V. Garde, follows the event at close distance. 44Read the complete story here
21st	1968	The Danish National Defense is put on a state of high alert ("Forstærket Fredsberedskab"), caused by the Warsaw-pact invasion into Czechoslovakia.
21st	2006	Naval Base Frederikshavn is officially decommissioned and replaced by the Naval Operational Support Center Frederikshavn (OPLOG FRH) under command of the Admiral Danish Fleet.
22nd	1974	Submarine NARHVALEN becomes the first Danish sub to cross the Polar Circle submerged, at 50 meters depth.
22nd	2006	Naval Base Korsør is officially decommissioned and replaced by the Naval Operational Support Center Korsør (OPLOG KOR) under command of the Admiral Danish Fleet.
24th	1949	The NATO treaty is ratified by the member countries, and Denmark joins the alliance.
25th	1813	7 gunboats from Brunsbüttel and Glückstadt, commanded by Lieutenant Johan Hedemann fights 11 British gunboats on the Elbe.
27th	1807	A gunboat flotilla, commanded by Lieutenant Christian Wulff, attacks a British battery at  Gl. Pesthus on Kallebodstrand.
29th	1943	Scuttling of the Royal Danish Navy - 32 ships were scuttled by its own crews, 4 reached Swedish Territorial Waters, 2 ships were at Greenland, while 14 ships and vessels unharmed were taken over taken over by the Germans. Just 9 of the Naval Cutters made there way to Sweden, while the rest of the totally 59 cutters were captured by the Germans. 44Read the complete story here
30th	1922	The Ships Division ("Skibsdivisionen") is established, in accordance with the Naval Act of 1922, and the Torpedo Boat Division, commanded by Commander Christian A. Broberg, is assigned to the Ships Division. Captain Frederik Cold is appointed first commander of the division. (The Torpedo Boat Division is again reassigned from the Ships Division October 8, 1924).
31st	1807	A gunboat flotilla, under Commander Frederik Holsten takes part in the outbreak from Classens Have at Copenhagen; the gunboat STUBBEKØBING, Sub Lieutenant Peter U. Brun, went off.
31st	1844	A squadron, composed of the frigates GEFION og THETIS, the paddle steamer HEKLA and the brig MERCURIUS, all commanded by Commander s.g. Hans G. Garde, in cooperation with Norwegian and Swedish naval forces, is forcing the Sultan of Morocco to give up the collection of tributes, which he had practiced since 1768.
31st	1943	The minesweeper MS 1, Lieutenant Urban H. Gad, arrives Trelleborg, Sweden camouflaged as a tug, named SHARA, the sweeper was later renamed SORTE SARA ("Black Sara") on April 1, 1951.

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