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GALATHEA (1917-1946)
(In English: n/a)

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

Classification

Type:

Submarine

Class:

B Class

Other Ships
in Class:

Submarine ÆGIR
Submarine RAN
Submarine TRITON
Submarine NEPTUN

Specifications

Built by:

The Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

May 4, 1915

Launched:

April 15, 1916

Commissioned:

January 25, 1917

Decommissioned:

August 22, 1946

Pennant Number:

12, later B12

Int'l Call Sign:

GSHF, after January 1, 1934: OVGA

Displacement:

185 tons (235 tons submerged)

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

40.60 m

3.72 m

2.40 m

Complement:

14 men

Propulsion:

1 ea Diesel Engine 450 Hp
1 ea Electro Engine 340 Hp
1 ea Propeller

Range:

n/a

Armament:

1 ea 57 mm Anti Aircraft Gun
3 ea 45 cm Torpedo Tubes (fore)

Speed:

13.5 knots - surface
9.8 knots - submerged

History

Date:

Military Service:

January 1917-1918

In the Danish partly mobilized forces

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.

1930

Touring the Baltic and visiting Gdynia, Poland together with the cruiser HEJMDAL, the tender HENRIK GERNER, the submarines DAPHNE, DRYADEN, RAN and TRITON

1931

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

1931

Transferred to the naval reserve

August 29, 1943

Moored at Holmen and used as an oil depot. The sub was not used by the Germans

November 15, 1946

Sold for scrapping

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

1930

Commander J. Wolfhagen

Notes

None

Sources:

&

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

&

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