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JUTLANDIA (1934-1964)
(In English: n/a)

The Danish Hospital Ship JUTLANDIA
(Photo: Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Classification

Type:

Combined passenger ship and freighter

Class:

n/a

Other Ships
in Class:

n/a

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Specifications

Built by:

Nakskov Ship Yard

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

n/a

Launched:

1934

Commissioned:

November 1934
- as Hospital Ship: January 23, 1951

Decommissioned:

December 19, 1964
- as Hospital Ship: October 19, 1953

Pennant Number:

None

Int'l Call Sign:

OXVH

Displacement:

8,457 BRT

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

 

140,21 m

18,59 m

7,62 m

Complement:

70 men, plus 69 passengers

As a Hospital Ship:

Officers and crew: app. 105
Medical Staff: app. 115

Propulsion:

2 ea B&W Diesel engines, 7,850 IHp
2 ea Propellers

Range:

n/a

Armament:

None

Speed:

17,1 knots (Cruising speed: 15 knots)

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History

Date:

Service:

November 1934
- January 1940

In East Asiatic service between Copenhagen and Bangkok, Thailand

1940-1945

Laid up in Denmark

1945-1950

In transatlantic service as a combined passenger ship and freighter

January 23, 1951
- October 19, 1953

Hospital Ship during the Korean conflict

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1954
- December 19, 1964

In transatlantic service as a combined passenger ship and freighter

1964

Sold to a Spanish ship breaker

January 4, 1965

Leaving Copenhagen, bound for Bilbao, Spain to be scrapped

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Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

 -

n/a

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Notes

None

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More Photos

The Hospital Ship JUTLANDIA is here seen during its 1st tour, notice the helicopter platform is not yet installed.

The Hospital Ship JUTLANDIA, here seen in EAC colors.

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Sources:

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Handels- og Søfartsmuseet på Kronborg - Danish Maritime Museum, Kronborg Castle, Elsinore, Denmark

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Officiel beretning om Jutlandia Ekspeditionen, by captain Kai Hammerich, Copenhagen, 1954

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography

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