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GEJSER (1893-1928)
(In English: Geyser)

The Light Cruiser GEJSER.
(Photo: Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Service History:

Date:

Military Service:

1893

Sea trials and later joining a squadron with IVER HVITFELDT, VALKYRIEN and 4 torpedo boats

1895

Joining a Squadron with HEKLA, NARHVALEN, STØREN, SØLØVEN and HAVHESTEN heading for Kiel, Germany to represent Denmark at the official opening of the Kieler Canal

1896

On Squadron exercises

1899

On Squadron exercises

1903

Training ship for the Artillery and Torpedo School

1905

After finishing Squadron exercises, escorting the Royal Yacht DANNEBROG to Oslo, Norway together with OLFERT FISCHER

1906

At major overhaul. The deck was renewed and several improvements took place

1907

In the Royal Flotilla to the Faeroe Islands and Iceland

1908

Temporary decommissioned

1909

Training ship for the Artillery and Torpedo School

July 11, 1909
- July 23, 1909

Escorting HM King Frederik VIIth on his tour to Russia

1910 and 1911

Temporary decommissioned

October 1, 1912
- January 7, 1914

Tender for submarines at the Royal Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen. From December 1913 also as accommodation for submariners

January 8, 1914
- August 1, 1914

Temporary decommissioned

August 4, 1914

Ordered to join the 1st Supplementing Forces of the Danish Partly Mobilized Forces

August 7, 1914
- May 14, 1916

Joining alternately the 1st Squadron in the Sound or the 2nd Squadron in the Great Belt

May 15, 1916
September 15, 1916

Training Ship

December 30, 1916

Overhaul at the Royal Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen

January 17, 1917
- December 13, 1917

In the Danish Partly Mobilized Forces

March 31, 1919

Transferred to the Naval Reserve

May 1919
- September 1919

Training Ship for Deck Officer Cadets School

1920

On patrol in Danish waters

1921 and 1922

Temporary decommissioned

1923

Joining the Training Flotilla

1924

Training Ship for Deck Officer Cadets School

1925

Training Ship for Deck Officer Cadets School

1926

Training Ship for Deck Officer Cadets School

1927

Training Ship for Deck Officer Cadets School

March 29, 1928

Decommissioned and sold to scrap

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