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Johnny E. Balsved

Data Sheet

Service

CO's

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Classification

Type:

Surveying vessel (From 1954 - lodging ship)

Class:

n/a

Other Ships
in Class:

None

Specifications

Built by:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

July 27, 1934

Launched:

February 1, 1935

Commissioned:

May 9, 1935

Decommissioned:

April 13, 1960

Pennant Number:

A542 (from April 1, 1951)

Int'l Call Sign:

OUGR

Displacement:

817 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

53.30 m

9.15 m

3.61 m

Complement:

40-49 men

Propulsion:

1 ea Steamturbine 675 Hps.
1 ea Propeller

Range:

4,000 nautical miles at 12 knots

Armament:

Original:

2 ea 75 mm Gun M/07-12 Sa M/34-38 (2x1)
4 ea 20 mm Machine Gun (2x2)
2 ea 8 mm Light Machine Gun

From 1945:

1 ea 75 mm Gun M/07-12 Sa M/34-38
2 ea 20 mm Machine Guns Mk M/41 LvSa (2x1)

From 1947/1948:

2 ea 75 mm Gun M/07-12 Sa M/34-38 (2x1)
2 ea 20 mm Machine Guns Mk M/41 LvSa (2x1)

From 1952:

1 ea 75 mm Gun M/07-12 Sa M/34-38
1 ea 40 mm Machine Gun Mk M/36 LvSa

From 1954 additional:

2 ea 20 mm Machine Gun Mk M/42 LvSa (2x1)

Speed:

12.64 knots

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 1950, by R. Steen Steensen, Det Schønbergske Forlag, Copenhagen, 1950

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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)

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography