In the days before the founding of the regiment had the Danish warships always a group of regular soldiers on board, whose job was to fire on deck and rigging and the hallway and capture enemy vessels.
I tiden før regimentets grundlæggelse havde danske orlogsskibe altid en gruppe regulære soldater om bord, hvis opgave var at beskyde dæk og rigning samt at entre og erobre fjendtlige fartøjer.