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Hansen, Godfred
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Personal Information |
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Full Name: |
Godfred Hansen |
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Date of Birth: |
February 23, 1876 |
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Place of Birth: |
Copenhagen |
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Family
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Son
of Hans Nicolai Hansen and wife Ovidia Hansen, born Rode |
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Marriage: |
Married to Johanne Anne Sophie, born Plum |
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Promotions |
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Promotion: |
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1893 |
Naval Cadet |
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August 26, 1897 |
Sub
Lieutenant |
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April 7, 1902 |
Lieutenant |
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March 9, 1914 |
Commander |
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January 1, 1923 |
Commander |
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February 7, 1927 |
Commander s.g. |
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April 6, 1931 |
Captain |
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February 1, 1937 |
Rear Admiral |
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Orders, Decorations &
Distinctions |
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Orders, Decorations &
Distinction: |
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December 1, 1906 |
Medal
of Merit, 1st Class |
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January 29, 1919 |
Officer of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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January 29, 1933 |
Commander of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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Military
Service |
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Military
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1903-1906 |
Second in charge on the Roald Amundsens Gjøa Expedition through the North
West Passage |
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1911-1912 |
1st
officer on the schooner
INGOLF to the Danish West Indies (Temporary
CO December 25, 1911 - January 29, 1912) |
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1912-1914 |
Commanding a mail steamer at Iceland |
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1915 |
CO
of the torpedo boat
TUMLEREN |
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1918 |
1st
officer on the coast defense ship
PEDER SKRAM |
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November 1, 1918
- June 1, 1919 |
Aide-de-camp at HM the King |
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June 1, 1919
- autumn 1920 |
On
leave from the Navy |
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October 18, 1920
-November 15, 1929 |
Aide-de-camp at HM the King |
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January 1, 1923
- May 25, 1923 |
CO
of the cruiser
GEJSER on artillery training and i the Training Flotilla |
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1924 and 1925 |
CO
of the cruiser
HEJMDAL, training ship for naval cadets |
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1926 |
CO
of the light cruiser
NIELS
IUEL on a Royal tour to the Faeroe Islands
and Iceland |
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1928 and 1929 |
Chief of staff for the Squadron |
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October 1, 1930 |
CO
for the Naval Academy |
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1931 |
CO
for the light cruiser
NIELS
IUEL, training ship for naval cadets, on
tour to the Mediterranean, Constantinople and Odessa |
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1935 |
CO
for the Naval Cadet Flotilla and the Training Flotilla |
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February 1, 1937 |
Available for the Naval Command |
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Other Achievements |
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Achievement: |
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June 1919
- autumn 1920 |
In
charge of the expedition equipped by the Norwegian Government and assigned
to place depots for the Amundsen North Pole Expedition |
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May
25, 1923 |
Was
released as CO of the cruiser
GEJSER, as
he was severely wounded as a smoke screen generator exploded on board.
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May
19, 1924 |
Member of the board for the Mariners Foundation "Bombebøssen" |
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May
26, 1934 |
Chairman of the board for "Det danske Luftfarts-selskab" (The Danish Airline
Company) |
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1935-1937 |
Chairman of the "Søofficersforeningen" - (Danish Naval Officers Association) |
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Additional Comments |
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Author of Gjøa-Ekspeditionen 1903-06 (Copenhagen 1912) and the
chapter "Den tredie Thuleekspedtion" in Nordostpassaten (Christiania,
Norway 1921) |
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Death |
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Cemetery: |
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May
27, 1937 |
Buried at Vestre kirkegaard, Copenhagen |
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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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Kundgørelse for Søværnet A-14/1915,
by December 4, 1915 |
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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 |
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