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Classification |
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Type: |
Torpedo Boat |
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Class: |
STØREN Class |
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Other Ships
in Class: |
NARHVALEN
HAVHESTEN
SØLØVEN |
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Specifications |
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Built by: |
John J. Thornycroft & Co., London, England |
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Design: |
n/a |
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Laid down: |
n/a |
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Launched: |
1887 |
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Commissioned: |
August 30, 1887 |
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Decommissioned: |
1919 |
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Pennant Number: |
n/a |
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Int'l Call Sign: |
n/a |
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Displacement: |
110 tons |
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Dimensions: |
Length: |
Beam: |
Draught: |
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39.65 m |
4.21 m |
2.21 m |
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Complement: |
17 men |
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Propulsion: |
1,200 Hp |
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Range: |
n/a |
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Armament: |
2 x 37 mm Machine Guns
2 x 38 cm Torpedo Tubes (bow)
2 x 38 cm Torpedo Tubes (deck, aft)
1 x 40 cm Search Light |
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Speed: |
21.5 knots |
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History |
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Date: |
Military
Service: |
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September 6, 1887
- September 30, 1887 |
In
the Training Squadron |
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September 30, 1887
- October 27, 1887 |
On
Sea trials |
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July 13, 1888
- September 15, 1888 |
In
the Training Squadron |
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March 29, 1890
- May 17, 1890 |
Training ship for officers at the Naval Dockyard Mine Station |
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July 27, 1891
- September 11, 1891 |
In
the Training Squadron |
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April 14, 1894
- May 28, 1894 |
Training ship for officers at the Naval Dockyard Mine Station |
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August 6, 1894
- September 25, 1894 |
In
the Training Squadron |
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November 7, 1894
- November 13, 1894 |
On
tour with the torpedo boat
NARHVALEN |
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May 31,
1895
- June 26, 1895 |
Joining a Squadron with
GEJSER, HEKLA,
NARHVALEN,
SØLØVEN and HAVHESTEN heading for Kiel, Germany to represent
Denmark at the official opening of the Kieler Canal |
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July 27, 1895
- August 5, 1895 |
Training ship for Naval Cadets |
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August 5, 1895
- September 25, 1895 |
In
the Training Squadron |
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August 7,
1897
- October 8, 1897 |
In
the Training Squadron, thereafter joining the Squadron on a tour to Stockholm, Sweden, celebrating the Swedish
King Oscar's Silver Jubilee |
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August 3, 1900
- October 6, 1900 |
In
the Training Squadron |
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May
16, 1903
- June 29, 1903 |
Training ship for the Artillery and Torpedo School |
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July 27, 1904
- August 19, 1904 |
In
the Training Squadron |
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May
16, 1905
- June 29, 1905 |
Training ship for the Artillery and Torpedo School |
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July 29, 1905
- September 28, 1905 |
In
the Training Squadron |
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1914 |
Temporally decommissioned, but on a 24 hours stand by |
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August 1, 1914 |
Joined the 1st Supplemental Force of the Danish Partly Mobilized Forces, on
August 3 and joining the Naval Floating Defense Squadron
at Copenhagen |
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August 19, 1915 |
Released the torpedo boat
NARHVALEN as the Guard Ship, when the
British submarine
E.13 ran aground at Saltholm
44You
can read the complete story
here |
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July 7, 1916 |
Renamed Torpedobåd Nr. 2 and transferred to the Naval Reserve |
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1919 |
Decommissioned |
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Commanders |
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Date: |
Commanding Officer: |
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September 6, 1887
- October 27, 1887 |
Commander G. A. Caroc |
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July 13, 1888
- September 15, 1888 |
Lieutenant
A. F. M. Evers |
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March 29, 1890
- May 17, 1890 |
Lieutenant J. F. Saxild |
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July 27, 1891
- September 11, 1891 |
Lieutenant J. P. Bay Schmith |
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April 14, 1894
- May 28, 1894 |
Lieutenant J. F. Saxild |
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August 6, 1894
- September 25, 1894 |
Lieutenant A. R. da Cunha Sotto Maior |
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November 7, 1894
- November 13, 1894 |
Commander A. P. Hovgaard |
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May 31, 1895
- September 25, 1895 |
Lieutenant
C. V. E. Carstensen |
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August 7, 1897
- October 8, 1897 |
Lieutenant C. M. T. Cold |
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August 3, 1900
- October 6, 1900 |
Lieutenant J. E. Bendsen |
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May 16, 1903
- June 29, 1903 |
Commander H. Konow |
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July 27, 1904
- August 19, 1904 |
Lieutenant C. O. W. Späth |
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May 16, 1905
- June 29, 1905 |
Lieutenant V. J. A. Harttung |
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July 29, 1905
- September 28, 1905 |
Lieutenant L. V. O. Tvermoes |
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1915 |
Lieutenant
Erik Garde |
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Sources: |
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Oplysninger vedrørende den danske flaades
skibe i sidste aarhundrede, by
etatsråd H. Degenkolv, Copenhagen, 1906. |
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Torpedobåde gennem 100 år - Det danske
torpedobådsvåben 1879-1979, by Hans Garde & Hans Chr.
Bjerg, Marinehistorisk Selskab, Copenhagen,
1979 (ISBN 87-87720-02-7) |
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Vore orlogsskibe fra halvfemserne til nu, by Kay Larsen,
Nyt Nordisk Forlag/Arnold Busck, 1932 |
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Vore Torpedobaade gennem 75 Aar, by R. Steen Steensen,
Marinehistorisk Selskab, Copenhagen, 1953 |
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44You
are also referred to the
Naval Bibliography |
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