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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

THETIS (1912-1928)
(In English: n/a)

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

Classification

Type:

Submarine

Class:

A Class (or Alpha Class)

Other Ships
in Class:

Submarine HAVMANDEN
Submarine HAVFRUEN
Submarine 2den APRIL
Submarine NAJADEN
Submarine NYMFEN

Specifications

Built by:

Whitehead-Fiume Ship Yard, Austria

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

n/a

Launched:

June 19, 1912

Commissioned:

November 19, 1912

Decommissioned:

April 26, 1928

Pennant Number:

T1, later 4

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:

430 Hp (270 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:

August 1, 1914
- December 2, 1918

In the Danish partly mobilized forces

March 31, 1919

Transferred to the naval reserve

April 26, 1928

Decommissioned and sold for scrapping

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

1914

Lieutenant H. Bonde

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