In the period between the two world wars, the Danish navy  had low priority for the politicians, especially between 1929 and 1942 under Thorvald Stauning. During the first year of the German occupation , the navy assisted the occupying German forces with minesweeping, because of the political demand of keeping the infrastructure  up and running. The tensions between the German soldiers and the Danish armed forces rose slowly and, on 29 August 1943, they managed to scuttle 32 of its larger ships, while Germany succeeded in seizing 14 of the larger and 50 of the smaller vessels. This was due to a secret order, given directly to the captains by word of mouth by commander of the navy, Vice Admiral A. H. Vedel "to try to flee to the nearest neutral or nazi-opposed port. If that was not possible, the ship should be scuttled at as deep a location as possible". The Germans later succeeded in raising and refitting 15 of the sunken ships. A number of vessels had been ordered to attempt to escape to Swedish waters, and 13 succeeded. The fleet flagship, Niels Juel, attempted to break out in the Battle of Isefjord but the crew was forced to beach and partly scuttle her. The score for the larger vessels was therefore: 32 vessels were sunk, 2 were in Greenland, 4 reached Sweden, 14 were captured by the Germans. As for the smaller vessels: 9 "patruljekuttere" reached Sweden, 50 others were captured by the Germans. By the autumn of 1944, these ships officially formed a Danish naval flotilla in exile. In September 1943, A. H. Vedel was fired by order of the prime minister Vilhelm Buhl because of his hostile actions towards the Germans.

Question: How many years did Thorvald Stauning rule in Denmark?
Answer: 13

Question: How many ships made it to Sweden?
Answer: 9

Question: How many ships did Germany not seize out of the 32?
Answer: 16

Question: How many years did Thorvald Stauning run the Danish navy?
Answer: 13

Question: In the Battle of Isefjord, were more vessels sunk or captured?
Answer: sunk

Question: How many of the refitted ships escaped swedish waters?
Answer: 13

Question: Where did A. H. Vedel's say to scuttle the ships?
Answer: deep a location as possible

Question: Which happened first, the scuttling of 32 larger ships or the official formation of a Danish flotilla in exile?
Answer: August 1943

Question: How many years was the Danish navy neglected by the Danish politicians?
Answer: 13

Question: Who scuttled 32 of the larger ships?
Answer: the Danish armed forces

Question: Why did the Danish navy scuttle their own ships?
Answer: This was due to a

Question: What did the Navy have low priority for
Answer: low priority for the politicians

Question: How many years did the Navy especially have low priority for the politicians?
Answer: 13

Question: wh helped the Germans with minesweeping?
Answer: the navy

Question: Which two nations were not getting along?
Answer: German soldiers and the Danish

Question: How many of the larger ships did the Germans not seize?
Answer: 18

Question: How many large and smaller vessels did Germany successfully seize from the Danish in on 29 August 1943?
Answer: 64

Question: How many more smaller vessels did Germany successfully seize compared to larger ones on 29 August 1943?
Answer: 36

Question: How many larger vessels reached Sweden compared to Greenland during the Battle of Isefjord?
Answer: 2

Question: How many ships was Germany able to take away from the Danish?
Answer: 64

Question: How many  more vessels reached Sweden than Greenland?
Answer: 2

Question: How many smaller more smaller vessels were captured by the Germans than larger vessels?
Answer: 36