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Johnny E. Balsved

FLORA (1922-1946)
(In English: n/a)

The submarine FLORA.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Classification

Type:

Submarine

Class:

C Class

Other Ships
in Class:

Submarine ROTA
Submarine BELLONA

Specifications

Built by:

The Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

August 30, 1918

Launched:

April 23, 1920

Commissioned:

January 20, 1922

Decommissioned:

August 22, 1946

Pennant Number:

C3

Int'l Call Sign:

GSHB, after January 1, 1934: OVAY

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:

1924

Command ship on a tour to England and the Faeroe Islands together with the submarines BELLONA 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 ROTA and BELLONA

1926

On a visit to Halmstad, Sweden as part of the Submarine Flotilla, consisting of the submarines BELLONA,  ROTA, FLORA, TRITON, GALATHEA, NEPTUN and RAN.

1928

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

1929

On a visit to Karlskrona, Sweden as part of the Submarine Flotilla, consisting of the tender HENRIK GERNER, the subs FLORA, DAPHNE, DRYADEN, ÆGIR, NEPTUN and RAN, and the guard ship ORMEN

1936

Transferred to the naval reserve

August 29, 1943

Scuttled by its own crew at Holmen

1952

Sold for scrapping

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

1924

Commander J. Wolfhagen

1925

Lieutenant Commander F. Aa. Hammer Kjølsen

Notes

None

Sources:

&

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

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Flådens skibe og fartøjer 1945-1995, by Gunnar Olsen and Svenn Storgaard, Marinehistoriske skrifter,  Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-13-2)

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

&

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