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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Carstensen, C. V.

Personal Information

Full Name:

Carl Vilhelm Edvard Carstensen

Date of Birth:

June 30, 1863

Place of Birth:

Copenhagen

Family
Relations:

Son of Rear Admiral William August Carstensen and wife Emmy Friede Sophie Holtine Carstensen, born Grevenkop-Castenskjold

Marriage:

Married to Marie Louise Lorange

Promotions

Date:

Promotion:

1880

Naval Cadet

August 28, 1884

Sub Lieutenant

November 19 1885

Lieutenant

February 24, 1902

Commander

October 1, 1911

Captain

October 22, 1921

Rear Admiral

Orders, Decorations & Distinctions

Date:

Order, Decoration or Distinction:

October 3, 1885

Danish Life Saving Medal

January 17, 1906

Officer of the Order of the Dannebroge

January 17, 1912

Silver Cross of the Order of the Dannebroge

January 29, 1919

Commander of the Order of the Dannebroge

May 9, 1923

Knight Commander of the Order of the Dannebroge

Military Service

Date:

Military Service:

1884 - 1885

On the schooner FYLLA to the Mediterranean area and Constantinople

1885

At The Naval College, Greenwich, England

1892

Inspector of the technical craft at The Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

1894

On the corvette DAGMAR, Training Ship for Naval Cadets

1894

1st officer on the Royal Yacht DANNEBROG

1894 - 1895

On the corvette DAGMAR to the Mediterranean area and Constantinople

1898

On the schooner ST. THOMAS to the Danish West Indies

1900

1st officer on the cruiser HEJMDAL to Iceland

1903 - 1904

Commanding Officer (CO) of protection vessel BESKYTTEREN (Guard vessel off The Faeroe Islands)

1904 - 1908

Lightship's Inspector and commander of the light inspection vessel C. F. GROVE

1909

1st officer of the coast defense ship HERLUF TROLLE

1909 - 1910

1st officer of the coast defense ship OLFERT FISCHER

1910 and 1911

CO of the Royal Yacht DANNEBROG

1910 and 1911

CO of the schooner INGOLF (Guard ship at the Danish West Indies)

1912 - 1914

Chief of Staff at the Vice Admiral

1913

CO of the Torpedo Boat Flotilla

1914 - 1916

CO of the coast defense ship PEDER SKRAM

1917 - 1918

Base Commander at Esbjerg, Jutland under the Danish partly mobilized Forces (in Danish, "Sikringsstyrken")

October 10, 1918

Flag Officer for H. M. King Christian Xth

1921

CO of the naval detachment escorting H . M. the King and Queen en route to the Faeroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland

1921

CO of the Naval Cadets Squadron

October 22, 1921

Chief in Command (CinC) of the Naval Floating Defense Squadron at Copenhagen (in Danish, "Den flydende Defensionseskadre")

1922

Chief in Command (CinC) of the Naval Squadron

June 30, 1925

Discharged

Other Achievements

Date:

Achievement:

1908

Board member of the "Helsingørs Jernskibs- og Maskinbyggeri"

January 1, 1918

Member of the "Overkrigsretten" (Supreme War Tribunal)

1920 - 1926

Chairman of "Søofficersforeningen"  (Naval Officers Association)

July 1, 1925
- 1926

Escort to the queen dowager Louise

1926

Chairman of the board of the Danish Mariners Association

1927

Chairman of the board of "Det forenede Bugserselskab" and "Det færøske Hvalfangerselskab"

1927

Member of the board of "Det danske Spejderkorps" (Danish scout Association)

Additional Comments

None

Death

Date:

Cemetery:

December 23, 1940

Buried at the Hellerup cemetery

Sources:

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Danske Søofficerer 1933-1982, edited by S. E. Pontoppidan and J. Teisen, published by Søe-Lieutenant-Selskabet, Copenhagen, 1984

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Det Danske Søofficerskorps 1801-1919, by Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen, Gyldendals Boghandel and Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1919

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Officerer i den Dansk-Norske Søetat 1660-1814 og den Danske Søetat 1814-1932, Bind I og II, by Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen og Emil Marquard, H. Hagerups Forlag, Copenhagen, 1935

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography