Marine Regiment (Denmark)

The Marine Regiment (Danish: Marineregimentet) was the naval infantry of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy, established in 1672 by Christian IV and based at Glückstadt Naval Station.

Marine Regiment
Marineregimentet
Active1672 – 2000
Disbanded3 June 2000
Country Denmark
Allegiance Denmark–Norway
Branch Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy

History

The Marine Regiment was a Danish-Norwegian unit, which was established in 1672 with Captain Vogel as commanding officer and its garrison at Naval Station Glückstadt in the town of Gluckstadt at the Elbe in Holstein. Before the regiment was raised, Danish warships always had a group of regular soldiers on board, whose job it was to fire on decks, rigging and the hallway of enemy ships and capture them. However, having Army and Navy troops on the same ship created command and organisational problems, as ships had two commanders, one commanding the ship and responsible for maneuvring and navigation and one commanding the soldiers. Raising the Marine Regiment under Navy command removed these problems.

It was considered a punishment to be a mariner (Marine), and the recruitment base for the regiment included individuals who could not adapt to other regiments. This created a tradition of extremely hardy soldiers. Even among sailors these soldiers were feared and hated. But one thing you could not deprive them was their fighting spirit and courage. The unit fought honourably in many battles, regardless of the Danish efforts in general. In several battles the Regiment received permission to leave the battlefield with weapons in hand as recognition for their efforts.

In 1741, it moved to Rendsburg and changed its name to Bornholm Infantry Regiment (Danish: Bornholmske infanteriregiment).

Names of the regiment
Names[1]
Vogels MarinekompagniVogel's Marine Company1672–1680
MarineregimentetMarine Regiment1680–1741
Bornholmske InfanteriregimentBornholm Infantry Regiment1741–1785
Århusiske InfanteriregimentÅrhus Infantry Regiment1785–1790
1. Jyske Infanteriregiment1st Jutlandic Infantry Regiment1790–1842
7. Linie Infanteri-Bataillon7th Line Infantry Battalion1842–1860
7. Infanteri-Bataillon7th Infantry Battalion1860–1863
7. Infanteri-Regiment7th Infantry Regiment1863–1865
7. Infanteri-Bataillon7th Infantry Battalion1865–1867
7. Bataillon7th Battalion1867–1951-11-01
MarineregimentetMarine Regiment1951-11-01–2000-06-30

Standards
  • Historical standards of the regiment
  • Aarhus Infantry Regiment[2]
    (1785–1790)
  • 1st Jutlandic Infantry Regiment[3]
    (1790–1860)
  1. Laursen, Ole (22 April 2014). "Historical Overview of Bornholm Infantry Regiment". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  2. Bruhn, Helge (1949). Dannebrog og danske Faner gennem Tiderne (in Danish). Copenhagen: Jespersen og Pios Forlag. pp. 172–173.
  3. Wolter, Hans Christian (1992). Den danske hær i Napoleonstiden 1801-1814 (in Danish). Tøjhusmuseet. pp. 31–43. ISBN 87-89022-10-6.
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