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Kofoed-Hansen, O. J.
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Personal Information |
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Full Name: |
Otto Joachim Moltke Kofoed-Hansen |
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Date of Birth: |
March
20, 1854 |
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Place of Birth: |
Haderslev, Southern Jutland |
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Family
Relations: |
Son
of rural dean Hans Peter Kofoed-Hansen and wife Sofie Isabella Laetitia Kofoed-Hansen, born Lady Moltke |
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Marriage: |
Married to Sigrid Marie Kofoed-Hansen, born Holm |
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Promotions |
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Date: |
Promotion: |
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1867 |
Naval Cadet |
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August 25, 1873 |
Sub Lieutenant |
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June
1, 1874 |
Lieutenant |
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Lieutenant Commander |
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February 1, 1888 |
Commander |
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April
30, 1900 |
Captain |
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October 1, 1911 |
Vice Admiral |
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Orders, Decorations &
Distinctions |
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Date: |
Order, Decoration or Distinction: |
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November 29, 1881 |
Danish Life Saving Medal |
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February 28, 1894 |
Officer of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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April
7, 1902 |
Silver Cross of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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January 10, 1905 |
Commander of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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December 22, 1908 |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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May
9, 1914 |
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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Military
Service |
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Date: |
Military
Service: |
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1873-1874 |
Service on the frigate
SJAELLAND to the Mediterranean |
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1878-1881 |
Drilling Officer at the Naval Academy |
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1878,
1879, 1880 and 1881 |
Service on the corvette
HEIMDAL (Training ship for Naval Cadets) |
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1882-1883 |
Service on the frigate
SJAELLAND to the Danish West Indies |
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1884-1885 |
1st
Officer on the schooner FYLLA (On expedition to the Mediterranean)
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1886 |
1st
Officer on the Royal Yacht DANNEBROG |
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1887-1890 |
Service at the Naval Mine Corps |
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1888 |
Commanding Officer (CO) of a torpedo boat division |
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1890 |
CO of
the schooner ESBERN SNARE (Torpedo School) |
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1891-1894 |
Commanding the postal steam ship (Korsoer to Kiel) |
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1894 |
Member of the judging committee on board the training ship for the Naval
Cadets, the corvette DAGMAR |
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1895-1898 |
Buoy
Inspector and Commander of the buoy Inspection vessel LOEVENOERN |
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1898-1899 |
1st
Officer on the frigate FYEN (On expedition to the Mediterranean)
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1899
and 1900 |
CO of
the Royal Yacht DANNEBROG |
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1899-1900 |
CO of
the guard ship at Copenhagen, the barracks ship SJAELLAND |
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1900-1901 |
Chief
of Staff at the Floating Defense Squadron at Copenhagen |
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August 1, 1901-
April 12, 1905 |
Departmental Manager at the Naval Department |
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1904 |
CO of
the coast defense ship IVER HUITFELDT |
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April
12, 1905-
December 16, 1908 |
Director of the Naval Department |
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1909 |
CO of
the coast defense ship OLFERT FISCHER |
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1909-1910 |
CO of
the coast defense ship OLFERT FISCHER |
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1910,
11, 12 & 13 |
Squadron Commander |
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October 1, 1911 |
Supreme Admiral of the Navy; Inspector General of the Navy and Chief in
Command of the Naval Officer's Corps |
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August 1, 1914-
April 11, 1918 |
Chief in Command of the Naval General Headquarters (in Danish, "Flaadens
Overkommando") for the Danish partly
mobilized Forces (in Danish, "Sikringsstyrken") |
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Other Achievements |
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Date: |
Achievement: |
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June
26, 1912 |
Chairman of the Supreme War Court (in Danish, "Overkrigsretten") |
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Death |
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Date: |
Cemetery: |
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April
16, 1918 |
Died
in Copenhagen, and buried at the "Vestre Kirkegaard" |
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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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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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