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)
The Danish Defence is the unified armed forces of the Kingdom of Denmark charged with the defence of Denmark and its self-governing territories Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The military also promote Denmark's wider interests, support international peacekeeping efforts and provide humanitarian aid.
A Danish soldier at Combined Resolve III, 2014
Leopard 2A5DK main battle tank
Vædderen, a Thetis-class patrol vessel
A RDAF F-16AM