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FALSTER (1873-1919)
(In English: n/a)

Gun Boat FALSTER
(Photo: Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Classification

Type:

Gunboat

Class:

n/a

Other Ships
in Class:

Gunboat MØEN

Specifications

Built by:

Royal Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

n/a

Launched:

December 3, 1873

Commissioned:

n/a

Decommissioned:

February 26, 1919

Pennant Number:

n/a

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

390 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

34.29 m

8.84 m

2.64 m

Complement:

50 men

Propulsion:

500 Hp

Range:

n/a

Armament:

1 x 10 inch 18 tons Gun
2 x 4 pounds rifled Guns

later:

1 x 57 mm Gun
6 x 37 mm Machine Guns

Speed:

9.8 knots

History

Date:

Military Service:

1881

Training ship for Naval Cadets and Engineers

1905, 1906 and 1907

Participating in the Squadron exercises

September 20, 1907

FALSTER had a collision with the torpedo boat HVALROSSEN during a night exercise i the Sound. The torpedo boat was severely damaged, while the FALSTER could return to the exercises after just a few days of repair work at the Naval Dockyard

July 31, 1914
- November 18, 1918

Joined the Danish Partly Mobilized Forces as a Guard Ship in The southern part of the Sound

1919

Decommissioned. Sold and converted to a sand-pump dredger, named HOLGER

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

1915

Commander N. Chr. Bay Schmidt

Notes

When the British submarine E.13 ran aground at Saltholm on August 19, 1915, the 1st officer of the E.13 was brought on board by the torpedo boat NARHVALEN

44You can read the complete story here

Sources:

&

Oplysninger vedrørende den danske flaades skibe i sidste aarhundrede, by etatsråd H. Degenkolv, Copenhagen, 1906.

&

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

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography