Editing Pirates of the Baltic Sea (section)

====Navy====

The Royal Danish Navy is mainly responsible for maritime defense and maintaining the sovereignty of Danish territorial waters - including Faroe Islands and Greenland. The navy is equipped with a number of large state-of-the-art vessels, although their number is low. 16 ships, 28 vessels and 30 boats.

Danish Navy has three major bases, two of which are on Baltic coast, near Copenhagen and in Zealand. They also have a number of minor bases and coastal fortifications, and three Sea surveillance stations, the most notable one to Buccaneers being in Bornholm.

Danish Navy is divided into three squadrons. First squadron handles all tasks regarding Arctic Ocean affairs and is hardly ever encountered by the Buccaneers. It includes four ocean patrol frigates, three ocean patrol cutters, and half a dozen cartography vessels.
Second squadron, based in the island of Zealand, is specialized in foreign affairs. It consists of five frigates, a Diving Service patrol vessel, and a number of minehunter drones.

Third squadron, based on the northeastern coast of the Jylland peninsula, handles all tasks regarding domestic affairs. It consists of half a dozen patrol boats, two multirole boats, and a number of environmental protection vessels.

Danish Navy also has a number of vessels not part of the squadrons, including fast response and search and rescue vessels. In addition to that, though not a part of the Royal Danish Navy, Naval Home Guard vessels – all patrol boats - support the Danish Navy in a number of tasks.
Generally, the Royal Danish Navy’s focus is on Arctic Ocean patrols and on protecting the Danish straits and the Danish coast. When encountered in the Baltic Sea outside the Danish territorial waters, they are usually on non-confrontational tasks such as surveillance, search and rescue, or oil spill recovery. A good thing for the Buccaneers who have practically nothing to challenge the Danish frigates with.

Buccaneer wisdom on Danish Navy: “When you are in Danish waters, play nice. Play really nice.”