Royal Danish Naval Academy
The Royal Danish Naval Academy educates and commissions all officers for the Royal Danish Navy. Having existed for more than 300 years, it is the oldest still-existing officers' academy in the world.
Entrance to the academy
The Royal Danish Naval Academy in Bredgade, 1743.
The Royal Danish Naval Academy at Esplanaden in Copenhagen
During concert in Assens.
The Royal Danish Navy is the sea-based branch of the Danish Armed Forces force. The RDN is mainly responsible for maritime defence and maintaining the sovereignty of Danish territorial waters. Other tasks include surveillance, search and rescue, icebreaking, oil spill recovery and prevention as well as contributions to international tasks and forces.
Battle of Køge Bay
Danish submarine Havmanden during World War I
Coastal defence ship Peder Skram scuttled by the Danish Navy on 29 August 1943
Alouette III helicopters, operated on Arctic patrol vessels (1962–1982)