The Norwegian Navy a Brief History is an overall presentation of the history of the Norwegian Navy from its origin in the Danish-Norwegian fleet during the Napoleonic wars to the present. It depicts how threat perceptions and political developments have translated into naval tasks, capabilities and organizational structure, and tells the story of dramatic events in war as well as of routine operations in prolonged periods of peace. The Norwegian Navy a Brief History is translated and adapted from a work by Bjørn Terjesen, Tom Kristiansen and Roald Gjelsten. Jacob Børresen (1943) is Commodore (R) Norwegian Navy with a background from service as a commander of submarines and frigates and as a planner and director of exercises and operations nationally and in NATO. He is the author of numerous books and publications on strategy, defence policy and security policy in Norwegian and international journals.
... shares its history from 1509 to 1814 with the Royal Danish Navy. The modern, separate Royal Norwegian Navy was founded (restructured) on April 12, 1814 by Prince Christian Fredrik on the remnants of the Dano-Norwegian Navy. Narvik (1966-2007) transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy Museum. River class Formerly of the Royal Canadian Navy Draug (1956-1964) ex-HMCS Penetang; Garm (1956-1977) ex-HMCS Toronto, rebuilt in 1965 to serve as support vessel for torpedo boats under the name Valkyrien. The Navy is divided into: the Fleet, the Coast Guard, the naval schools and the naval bases. The current Chief of the Navy is Rear A dmiral Nils Andreas Stensønes. Frigates and corvettes The Norwegian fleet is responsible for manning, training and maintenance of the Navy's units and their associated operational support units. In Norwegian, Royal Norwegian Navy vessels have since 1946 been given the ship prefix "KNM", short for Kongelig Norske Marine (Royal Norwegian Navy). In English, they are giv...