The 2nd World War 1939-1945:
The Danish
Navy on April 9th, 1940
2 coast defense ships
6 torpedo boats
5 guard ships (old torpedo boats)
10 submarines
1 mine ship
3 mine vessels
4 mine boats
1 floating mine depot
9 minesweepers
5 patrol vessels
2 survey ships
1 submarine tender
3 naval airbases
24 sea planes
Minefields
Before April 9th, the navy had laid the following minefields:
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Store Bælt (The Great Belt): |
180 mines |
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Lille Bælt (The Little Belt): |
264 mines |
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Grønsund: |
(smaller minefield) |
The positions of the naval units on the 9th of April 1940:
Storebælt:
Patrol vessel
INGOLF, torpedo boats GLENTEN, HØGEN,
minesweepers SØLØVEN, SØRIDDEREN, STØREN, minelayer
LOSSEN and 4
patrol cutters.
Nyborg:
Torpedo boat
ØRNEN.
Lille Bælt:
Patrol vessel
HVIDBJØRNEN and the guard ship NORDKAPEREN.
Frederikshavn:
Coast defense ship
PEDER SKRAM and the torpedo boats DRAGEN,
HVALEN and LAXEN.
Aarhus:
The submarines
HAVFRUEN, HAVMANDEN and HAVKALEN and submarine
tender Henrik Gerner.
Hirtshals:
Patrol vessel
HEIMDAL.
Esbjerg:
Patrol vessel
BESKYTTEREN.
Slipshavn:
Guard ship
SÆLEN.
Svendborg:
Minelayer
SIXTUS (undergoing repairs).
Søby, Ærø:
Minelayer Kvintus.
Helsingør:
Survey ship
FREJA.
København:
- Holmen:
Coast defense ship
NIELS IUEL, minesweeper HAVØRNEN, SØHUNDEN,
guard ships MAKRELEN and HAVKATTEN plus the submarines DAPHNE,
DRYADEN, ROTA and FLORA.
- Nordre Toldbod:
Patrol vessel
ISLANDS FALK.
Grønsund (at the minefields):
2 patrol cutters.
Stubbekøbing:
2 patrol cutters.
Greenland:
The patrol cutters
TERNEN and MAAGEN.
Ships decommissioned, laid up in reserve:
- Holmen:
The
floating workshop GRØNSUND, guard ship HVALROSSEN, mine sweepers
SØBJØRNEN, SØULVEN, SPRINGEREN and NARHVALEN, plus submarines
BELLONA,
RAN, TRITON and GALATHEA.
The minelayers
LAALAND and LINDORMEN was under construction, and had not yet been
commissioned.
Source: Baseret på det uddrag af Generalrapport for Søværnet som
er trykt i den parlamentariske kommissions vol. 1, s. 141 ff.
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