Updates - 2006

Chronological survey of updates to this website

Here you will find a chronological list of updates to the US/English part of this web site.

The updates are mentioned in their order of appearance. Minor editorial or technical updates are not included.

For updates in other years, please use the index at the top or bottom of this page.

2006
December 12	"News from the Royal Danish Navy" has been updated with "Half-way on the Galathea Expedition". The album "3rd Galathea Expedition (2006-07)" has been updated with more photos.
December 11	"Today's Navy" has been updated and data sheet for guardships of the "VTS Classs (1978- )" has been added. Data sheets for the home guard cutters of the "MHV 70 Class (1958- )" and the guard vessels of the "BOTVED Class (1974- )" have been updated.
December 5	Data sheets for the landing crafts of the "LCP Class (2003- )" has been updated.
December 1	"Sea Accidents and Losses" has been updated. Data sheet for the Remote Controlled Mine Clearance Drone of the "MRD Class (1991- )" has been updated. "Web Site Information (statistics)" has been updated.
November 26	The album "3rd Galathea Expedition (2006-07)" has been updated with more photos.
November 20	The story "The Rape of the Danish Navy (1807)" has been published. "News from the Royal Danish Navy" has been updated with "New Arctic Patrol Vessels". The album "Danish LYNX traines Swedes (2006)" has been added more pictures. "Navy Ships 1807" has been added to the "Fleet Listings".
November 15	"News from the Royal Danish Navy" has been updated with "First Helicopter Deck Landing". The album "Danish LYNX traines Swedes (2006)" has been added to the "Photo Albums".
November 12	The stories "Drama in the North Sea (1916)" and "The Battle for Als (1864)" have been published. Military records for Captain H. P. Rothe (1813-1905) has been added.
November 1	The album "3rd Galathea Expedition (2006-07)" has been updated with more photos. "The Sovereign Flag" has been updated. "Who Does What?" and "New Books" have been updated. "Web Site Information (statistics)" and "The Visions of this Website" have been updated.
October 22	"Today's Navy" and data sheet for the surveying vessels of the SKA 11 Class (1981- ) have been updated.
October 16	Data sheet for the Naval Cutter VEJRØ (1969-2006) and "Today's Navy" have been updated as the cutter has been decommissioned.
October 15	The album "3rd Galathea Expedition (2006-07)" has been updated with more photos.
October 11	The album "3rd Galathea Expedition (2006-07)" has been updated with more photos.
October 7	The album "New Naval Fighter Aeroplanes (1926)" has been added to the "Photo Albums".
October 2	The album "3rd Galathea Expedition (2006-07)" has been added to the "Photo Albums".
October 1	The album "EH-101's first landing on ESBERN SNARE (2006)" has been added to the "Photo Albums". "Web Site Information (statistics)" has been updated.
September 27	Guest no. 1,500,000 to visit http://www.navalhistory.dk
September 24	"News from the Royal Danish Navy" has been updated with "Back to Russia". The album "Back to Russia (2006)" has been added to the "Photo Albums".
September 18	Historical Timelines for "August" and "September" have been updated. "Today's Navy", "Ships by class" and data sheets for the off shore patrol frigate VÆDDEREN (1992- ) and the Home Guard cutters of the MHV 70 Class (1958-2006) have been updated. "Navy Helicopters 1962- " has been updated. "Who Does What?" has been updated. New external link has been added to the "Maritime & Naval Museums".
September 3	"Web Site Information (statistics)" has been updated.
August 7	"Today's Navy" and data sheets for the patrol vessels of the FLYVEFISKEN Class and the SVÆRDFISKEN (1992-2006) have been updated as the ship has been decommissioned.
August 6	"News from the Royal Danish Navy" has been updated with "Third Mk I Vessel Launched". Data sheet for the standard vessels of the HOLM Class (2006- ) has been updated.
August 1	The story "The Battle off Heligoland (1864)" has been published. "News from the Royal Danish Navy" has been updated with "First Mk II Hull delivered" and "Minelayers to Estonia" Data sheets for the frigate NIELS JUEL (1856-1879), the corvettes HEJMDAL (1857-1886) and DAGMAR (1861-1901), and the paddle steamer HEKLA (1842-1879) have been added. Military records for Vice Admiral E. Suenson (1805-1887), Vice Admiral G. F. W. Wrisberg (1816-1896), Captain J. L. Gottlieb (1809-1886), Captain P. C. Holm (1807-1864) and Commander O. C. Hammer (1822-1892) have been added. "Web Site Information (statistics)" has been updated.
July 15	"New Books" has been updated.
July 13	Data sheet for the coastal patrol crafts of the MHV 900 Class has been updated.
July 5	"Sea Accidents and Losses" has been updated.
July 1	"Web Site Information (statistics)" has been updated.
June 28	"Sea Accidents and Losses" has been updated. "Today's Navy" and data sheet for the MHV 70 Class Home Guard Cutters have been updated.
June 24	The article "New Patrol Ships" has been updated.
June 22	"News from the Royal Danish Navy" has been updated with "New Patrol Ships". "Sea Accidents and Losses" has been updated. Data sheets for the command and support ships of the ABSALON Class, including the ABSALON and ESBERN SNARE have been updated. Data sheet for surveying vessel of the SKA 11 Class (1981- ) has been updated. "Guns after 1945" and data sheet for the "35 mm CIWS Mk M/04 LvSa" have been updated. One new external link has been added to the "Danish Military Authorities" section.
June 1	"Web Site Information (statistics)" has been updated.
May 30	Data sheet for the coastal patrol crafts of the MHV 900 Class has been updated.
May 27	"Sea Accidents and Losses" has been updated. "New Books" has been updated.
May 16	The album "Surveying Vessel SKA 11 Lost (2006)" has been added to the "Photo Albums". "Sea Accidents and Losses" has been updated.
May 9	Data sheet for the training vessel ERTHOLM (2006- ) is published, and data sheets for the standard vessels of the HOLM Class (2006- ) and surveying vessel of the SKA 11 Class (1981- ), and the surveying vessel BIRKHOLM (2006) are updated, "Today's Navy" plus several other naval listings have been updated accordingly.
May 3	"The Flag", "History of the Flag", "The Sovereign Flag", "The Standard Bearer" and "Flag Flying Days" have been updated.
May 1	"Sea Accidents and Losses" has been updated. Data sheets for the torpedo recovery vesselsof the HUGIN Class (1976-2006) and the guard vessels of the BOTVED Class (1974-2006) have been updated, as the vessels have been decommissioned, "Today's Navy" plus several other naval listings have been updated accordingly. "Web Site Information (statistics)" has been updated.
April 24	"Sea Accidents and Losses" has been updated. Data sheet for the guard vessels of the "BOTVED Class (1974- )" is published.
April 17	The album "German Torpedo Station (1945)" has been added to the "Photo Albums".
April 15	The Topic History "Reconstructing the Navy (1814-1848)" has been published. Data sheets for the ship-of-the-line CHRISTIAN VIII (1841-1849), the frigates THETIS (1790-1805), NYMPHEN (1818-1852), BELLONA (1835-1862) and ROTA (1838-1863), the corvette NAJADEN (1820-1852), the brigs ST. CROIX (1819-1834), ST. CROIX (1836-1860) and ØRNEN (1843-1866), and the paddle wheelers KIEL (1824-1852), ÆGIR (1841-1971) and GEISER (1845-1879) have been published.
April 10	Data sheet for the surveying vessel BIRKHOLM (2006) is published.
April 8	"Flag Flying Days" has been updated. Data sheet for the MHV 70 Class Home Guard Cutters has been published, and "Today's Navy" plus several other naval listings have been updated accordingly. "Guns after 1945" and data sheet for the "20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa" have been updated.
April 1	"Web Site Information (statistics)" has been updated.
March 26	Data sheet for the "Standard Vessel MK I (2006)" is updated.
March 25	The album "Patrol Ships Project (2006)" has been added to the "Photo Albums".
March 11	The Topic History "The Interim Years 1919-1939" has been published. The story "Danish Ice Breaker on the move" has been added to the "News from the Royal Danish Navy". Military records for Vice Admiral H. Rechnitzer (1872-1953) and Captain A. E. V. Grandjean (1889-1948) are added. Data sheets for the torpedo boats of the DRAGEN Class (1930-1941) and the GLENTEN Class (1933-1941), mineweepers of the SØLØVEN Class (1939-1962), the inspection ship INGOLF (1934-1943), the surveying vessels HEJMDAL (1935-1960) and FREJA (1939-1967), minelayers of the LOUGEN Class (1941-1974), and the minelayers LINDORMEN (1940-1970), LAALAND (1941-1974) and LOUGEN (1941-1974) have been added.
March 1	Web Site Information (statistics) has been updated.
February 28	The albums "Launching a Stinger (2001)" and "Preparing a SeaSparrow (1979)" have been added to the "Photo Albums".
February 27	The story "3rd Galathea Expedition 2006-07" has been added to the "News from the Royal Danish Navy". The album "VÆDDEREN refitted (2006)" has been added to the "Photo Albums".
February 25	The Topic History "The Navy 1945-1989 (The Cold War Period)" has been published. Data sheets for the GLENTEN Class (1947-1965) motor torpedo boats and BESKYTTEREN Class (1954-1964) minelayers, plus the minelayers BESKYTTEREN (1954-1964) and VINDHUNDEN (1954-1964) are added.
February 19	The "Royal Lineage" has been updated.
February 16	"Mine Vessels since 1886" has been updated.
February 10	The album "SSM Missiles Onboard (1977)" has been added to the "Photo Albums".
February 9	New section "Photo Albums" has been added, including the albums "Support Ships in a Line-Up (2005)", "Lifted from the Gulf (2003)" and "Submarine Capsized (1979)".
February 7	The article "Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003)" is published. The "List of Contributors" has been updated.
February 3	The stories "Canadian Helo Crash" and "First MK I delivered" have been added to the "News from the Royal Danish Navy".
February 1	Web Site Information (statistics) has been updated.
January 27	New section "Naval Aviation" has been published including complete listings of all navy aircraft and helicopters "1912-1918", "1919-1940", "1945-1950" and "1962- ". New section "Weapons & Systems" has been published including complete survey and data sheets for "Missiles" and "Guns after 1945".
January 21	The article "The Navy during the 1st World War (1914-18)" is published.
January 10	"Today's Navy" and datasheet for "MHV 900 Class" have been updated with a new photo. The external links section has been upated, and a number of Danish military links are added, updated or removed due to organizational changes in the navy. The "List of Contributors" has been updated.
January 8	The article "The Navy from 1864-1914" is published. "Fleet Listings", "Today's Navy" and "Ships-of-the-Line" have been updated and "Ships by class" has been added. Data sheets for the "Standard Vessel MK I (2006)", "O Class (1998)", the "Torpedo Boat SPRINGEREN (1891-1919)", "Frigate TORDENSKJOLD (1854-1872)" and "Screw Frigate SJÆLLAND (1860-1885) are added.
January 1	Web Site Information (statistics) has been updated.

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