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Johnny E. Balsved

BELLONA (1921-1946)
(In English: n/a)

Submarine BELLONA
(Photo: Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Classification

Type:

Submarine

Class:

C Class

Other Ships
in Class:

Submarine ROTA
Submarine FLORA

Specifications

Built by:

The Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

June 29, 1917

Launched:

March 19, 1919

Commissioned:

July 25, 1921

Decommissioned:

August 22, 1946

Pennant Number:

C2

Int'l Call Sign:

GSHC, after January 1, 1934: OVAX

Displacement:

301 tons - surface
369 tons - submerged

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

47.50 m

4.77 m

2.70 m

Complement:

17 men (Wartime crew: 24 men)

Propulsion:

2 stk. B & W Diesel Engines - 900 Hp
2 ea Titan Electro Engines - 640 Hp
2 ea Propellers

Range:

n/a

Armament:

4 ea 452 mm Torpedo tubes (3 fore and 1 aft)
1 ea 57 mm Anti Aircraft Gun

Speed:

14.2 knots - surface
10.5 knots - submerged

History

Date:

Military Service:

1920

Together with the submarine ROTA to Stockholm, Sweden

1923

During a training mission in Danish waters the peri-scopes were bent following a collision with the Danish light cruiser GEJSER

1924

On tour to England and the Faeroe Islands together with the submarines FLORA and ROTA

1925

In the Squadron with the light cruiser NIELS IUEL, the cruisers HEJMDAL and GEJSER, mine ship LOSSEN, to other subs and 3 torpedo boats on exercises in the Baltic, visiting Helsinki, Reval and Riga

1926

On tour to Amsterdam, Holland together with the submarines FLORA and ROTA

1926

On tour with the the Submarine Flotilla to Halmstad, Sweden together with the submarines FLORA, TRITON, GALATHEA, NEPTUN and RAN

1928

On tour to Brügge, Belgium together with the tender HENRIK GERNER and the submarines DRYADEN, DAPHNE and FLORA

1929

On patrol in the North Sea and visiting Portsmouth, England

1931

On tour to Frederiksstad, Norway together with HENRIK GERNER, the torpedo boat SÆLEN and 5 other subs

August 29, 1943

Scuttled by its own crew at Holmen

1952

Sold for scrapping

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

1924-1926

Lieutenant Commander J. H. Maegaard

Notes

None

More Photos

During a training mission in Danish waters in 1923 the periscopes were bent following a collision with the Danish light cruiser GEJSER.
The sub is here seen after returning to the Naval Dockyard in Copenhagen.
(Photo: Royal Danish Navy)

Sources:

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Da Danmarks Flaade blev sænket, by F. H. Kjølsen, Commander s.g., H. Hagerups Forlag, Copenhagen, 1945

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U-både gennem 75 år - Det danske ubådsvåben 1909-84, by Hans Chr. Bjerg, Hans Chr. Dahlerup Koch and P. B. Nielsen, Forlaget Forum, 1984

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Vore krydsere, by R. Steen Steensen, Commander s.g., Marinehistorisk Selskab, Strubes forlag, 1971

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Vore orlogsskibe fra halvfemserne til nu, by Kay Larsen, Nyt Nordisk Forlag/Arnold Busck, 1932

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Vore Undervandsbåde gennem 50 år (1909-1959), by Commander s.g. R. Steen Steensen, Marinehistorisk Selskabs Skrift no. 5, forlaget Ejnar Munksgaard, 1960

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography