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real deal” and not an exercise, the day-to-day work did not differ much.
The Danish corvettes were - as usual - the smallest units in the task force and also
the units with the shortest possible sea time. On the other hand, the corvettes were fully
capable of executing the required tasks to everyone’s satisfaction.
For most of the crew, the daily routines aboard the ships were almost the same as they
would have been had the corvettes been operating anywhere else in the world. But offic-
ers, the combat information specialists in the Operations Room and the boarding teams
came to experience firsthand that they were part of a major international operation far
from home. For the majority of the crew, the highlights were port visits in Italian cities
such as Bari, Brindisi and Venice.

The Sharp Guard units were
ordered to concentrate only
on larger vessels violating
the blockade of Yugosla-
via and as such to turn the
blind eye to the many speed
boats and small vessels that
almost in regular service
were smuggling refugees or
goods between the Albanian
and Italian coasts; stopping
this traffic was a job for the
Italian coastguard.

Statistics
Corvette Peter Tordenskiold’s participation in Operation SHARP GUARD from 26 July

to 9 October 1993
Duration of deployment: 75 days
Days at sea: 51 days (71 %)
Patrolling: 26 days (35 %)
Deployment (incl. from/to Danmark): 27 days (36 %)
Days in harbor: 22 days (29 %)
Number of ships challenged: 136
Number of ships boarded: 11
Number of ships rerouted: 1
Total distance: 15,000 nm
Oil consumption: 850 m3
Meals served: 22,000
Number of received signals: 12,000
Number of signals sent: 1,000
Crew complement: 95: 18 officers, 11 NCOs and 66 privates and
conscripts.