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Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

HAVFRUEN (1913-1932)
(In English: The Mermaid)

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

Classification

Type:

Submarine

Class:

A Class (or Alpha Class)

Other Ships
in Class:

Submarine HAVMANDEN
Submarine THETIS
Submarine 2den APRIL
Submarine NAJADEN
Submarine NYMFEN

Specifications

Built by:

The Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

n/a

Launched:

August 31, 1912

Commissioned:

March 21, 1913

Decommissioned:

May 3, 1932

Pennant Number:

H1, later 2

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

164 tons - surface
204 tons - submerged

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

38.9 m

3.6 m

2.3 m

Complement:

10 - 14 men

Propulsion:

450 Hp (275 Hp - submerged)
1 ea Propeller

Range:

n/a

Armament:

2 ea 45 cm Torpedo tubes (fore)

After 1917 also:

2 ea 8 mm Machineguns

Speed:

13 knots - surface
9.3 knots - submerged

History

Date:

Military Service:

February 5, 1914
- August 1, 1914

In the Training Squadron

August 1, 1914
- December 2, 1918

In the Danish partly mobilized forces

1927

Transferred to the naval reserve

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

1914

Commander Hjalmar Rechnitzer

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