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Fleet Listing (1919-1940):

Naval Air Service

These fleet listings gives a complete survey of all aeroplanes, hydroplanes, aircrafts, helicopters etc. in service with the Naval Air Servise since the early start in 1912 and to the present day.

When the Royal Danish Airforce was formed as a separate branch in 1950, all aircrafts from the Naval Air Service and Army Air Coprs were transferred hereto. Since 1962 the RDN has only been operating helicopters.

The fleet listings are made in chronological order. For faster loading on the net, the listings are separated into different time periods.

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| 1912-1918 | 1945-1950 | 1962-  |

The type mentioned in parantheses is the Danish apellation, this was introduced in 1921. You can read more on the Danish apellations at the bottom of this page.

Friedrichshafen F.F.49 (H.B. II)
(1919-1926)

(Photo from Air Tactical Command)

Type: Reconnaissance

Armament:
1 ea 8 mm Light Machine Gun

Engine: 1 ea Benz 220 Hps.

Max. airspeed: 127 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: n/a

Max. weight: 2,120 kg

Span - Length - Height:

16.70 m - 11.60 m - 4.12 m

Manufacturer:
Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH, Germany

Units (station):

7 ea (Sea Plane Station Copenhagen, the later Naval Air Station Copen-hagen)

Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 (H.M. I)
(1919-1930)

(Photo: Archives of the
Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Type: Reconnaissance

Armament:
1 ea 8 mm Light Machine Gun

Engine: 1 ea 160 Hp OV-engine

Max. airspeed: 165 km/hr.

Max. ceiling:  n/a

Max. weight: 1,500 kg

Span - Length - Height:

13.55 m - 9.33 m - 3.55 m

Manufacturer:
Hansa- & Brandenburgische Flugzeug-werke GmbH, Germany (15 built at the Naval Dock Yard under license)

Units (station):

16  ea (Sea Plane Station Copen-hagen, the later Naval Air Station Copenhagen)

Curtiss Seagull (F.B. VI)
(1919-1921)

(Photo from Air Tactical Command)

Type: Reconnaissance

Armament: None

Engine: 1 ea Curtiss  K6 160 Hps.

Max. airspeed: 116 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 1,150 m

Max. weight: 1,236 kg

Span - Length - Height:

15.29 m - 8.79 m - 3.59 m

Manufacturer:
Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Corp., USA

Units (station):

1  ea (Sea Plane Station Copen-hagen, the later Naval Air Station Copenhagen)

Avro 504K (L.B. I)
(1921-1925)

(Photo: Archives of the
Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Type: Two-seated Trainer

Armament: None

Engine: 1 ea Gnome 100 Hps.

Max. airspeed: 132 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 4,875 m

Max. weight: 830 kg

Span - Length - Height:

15.29 m - 8.79 m - 3.59 m

Manufacturer:
A. V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Great Britain (2 were modified by the Naval Dock Yard to type 504N in 1925)

Units (station):

6 ea (Naval Flying School, Naval Air Station Ringsted Ringsted)

Avro 504N (L.B. I)
(1925-1936)

(Photo from Air Tactical Command)

Type: Two-seated Trainer

Armament: None

Engine: 1 stk. Armstrong-Siddeley Lynx IV 180 Hk

Max. airspeed: 161 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 4,450 m

Max. weight: 1,016 kg

Span - Length - Height:

10.97 m - 8.69 m - 3.63 m

Manufacturer:
A. V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Great Britain
(3 built at the Naval Dock Yard under license, and 2 type 504K were modified by the Naval Dock Yard to 504N in 1925)

Units (station):

6 ea (Naval Flying School, Naval Air Station Ringsted, from 1930 on Naval Air Station Avnø)

Hawker Dankok (L.B. II)
(1926-1936)

(Photo from Air Tactical Command)

Type: Fighter

Armament:
2 ea 8 mm Light Machine Guns

Engine: 1 ea Armstrong-Siddeley Jaguar IV 385 Hps.

Max. airspeed: 220 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 9,600 m

Max. weight: 1,330 kg

Span - Length - Height:

9.34 m - 7.84 m - 3.13 m

Manufacturer:
H. G. Hawker Engineering Co. Ltd., Great Britain (3 ea)
(12 were built at the Naval Dock Yard under license)

Units (station):

15 ea (2. Naval Air Flotilla, Naval Air Station Ringsted)

De Havilland Moth DH60G/M (L.B. III)
(1928-1940)

(Photo: Archives of the
Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Type: Trainer/Station Flight

Armament: None

Engine: 1 ea De Havilland Gipsy 85 Hps.

Max. airspeed: 161 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 3,660 m

Max. weight: 705 kg

Span - Length - Height:

9.14 m - 7.29 m - 2.68 m

Manufacturer:
De Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd., Great Britain

Units (station):

5 ea (Naval Flying School, Naval Air Station Ringsted, from 1930 on Naval Air Station Avnø)

Heinkel H.E.8 (H.M. II)
(1928-1940)

(Photo: Archives of the
Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Type: Reconnaissance

Armament:
2 ea 8 mm Light Machine Gun
8 ea 12½ kg Bombs
(Some planes were equipped with smoke devices in 1936)

Engine: 1 stk. Armstrong-Siddeley Jaguar IVC 460 Hk

Max. airspeed: 210 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 5,600 m

Max. weight: 2,650 kg

Span - Length - Height:

16.77 m - 11.65 m - 4.40 m

Manufacturer:
Heinkel Werke, Germany (6 ea)
(16 were built at the Naval Dock Yard under license)

Units (station):

22 ea (1. Naval Air Flotilla, Naval Air Station Copenhagen)

Avro Tutor (L.B. IV)
(1932-1940)

(Photo from Air Tactical Command)

Type: Two-seated Trainer

Armament: None

Engine: 1 ea Armstrong-Siddeley Lynx IVC 215 Hps.

Max. airspeed: 196 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 5,000 m

Max. weight: 1,248 kg

Span - Length - Height:

10.97 m - 8.08 m - 2.97 m

Manufacturer:
A. V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Great Britain
(3 were built at the Naval Dock Yard under license)

Units (station):

5 ea (Naval Flying School, Naval Air Station Avnø)

Hawker Dantorp (H.B. III)
(1933-1940)

(Photo from Air Tactical Command)

Type: Torpedo Bomber

Armament:
2 ea 8 mm Light Machine Gun
1 ea 45 cm Torpedo, or
400 kg bombs

Engine: 1 ea Armstrong-Siddeley Leopard IIIA 800 Hps.

Max. airspeed: 206 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 3,810 m

Max. weight: 4,630 kg

Span - Length - Height:

17.30 m - 12.09 m - 4.34 m

Manufacturer:
Hawker Company, Great Britain

Units (station):

2 ea (9. Naval Air Group, later 1. Naval Air Flotilla, Naval Air Station Copenhagen)

Hawker Nimrod (L.B. V)
(1934-1940)

(Photo: Archives of the
Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Type: Fighter

Armament:
2 ea 8 mm Light Machine Gun
4 ea 12 kg Bombs

Engine: 1 ea Rolls Royce Krestel IIIS 535 Hps.

Max. airspeed: 320 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 9,600 m

Max. weight: 1,330 kg

Span - Length - Height:

10.22 m - 8.22 m - 3.10 m

Manufacturer:
Hawker Company, Great Britain (2 ea)
(10 were built at the Naval Dock Yard under license)

Units (station):

12 ea (2. Naval Air Flotilla, Naval Air Station Ringsted, from 1936 on Naval Air Station Avnø)

Dornier Wal (F.M. I)
(1938-1940)

(Photo: Archives of the
Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Type: Reconnaissance/Search and Rescue

Armament: None

Engine: 2 ea BMW VI á 460 Hps.

Max. airspeed: 221 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 3,700 m

Max. weight: 9,500 kg

Span - Length - Height:

27.20 m - 18.20 m - 4.30 m

Manufacturer:
Dornier Werke, Germany

Units (station):

1 ea - PERSSUAK (1. Naval Air Flotilla, Naval Air Station Copen-hagen)

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Danish Apellations:

The Air Services introduced a Danish apellation for all airplanes in 1921; it consisted of two letters followed by a roman numeral.

The first letter would be either F for "Flyvebåde" (flying boats), H for "Hydroplaner" (hydroplanes) or L for "Landflyvemaskiner" (landbased airplanes).

The second letter would be either  B for "Biplaner" (biplanes) or M for "Monoplaner" (monoplanes).

The roman numeral was just a consecutive number,

The Danish apellations were not used after 1945.

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Sources:

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Air Tactical Command, Karup

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Dansk Marineflyvning 1911-1998, by Niels M. Probst, Orlogsmuseet, Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-15-9)

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Dansk Militærflyvnings - Hvornår skete det, by Hans A. Schrøder, Flyvevåbnets Bibliotek 2000 (ISBN 87-987748-0-8)

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Danske Militærfly, by Niels Jensen, Clausen Bøger, 1978 (ISBN 87-11-03877-2)

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De danske militære flyverstyrkers udvikling 1910-1940, Vol. I, by Paul E. Ancher, Odense Universitetsforlag (ISBN 87 7838 178 9)

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De danske militære flyverstyrkers udvikling 1940-1945, Vol. II, by Paul E. Ancher, Odense Universitetsforlag (ISBN 87 7838 368 4)

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