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TUMLEREN (1911-1935)
(In English: The Porpoise)

Torpedo boat TUMLEREN.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Classification

Type:

Torpedo Boat

Class:

TUMLEREN Class

Other Ships
in Class:

Torpedo boat VINDHUNDEN (1912-1935)
Torpedo boat SPÆKHUGGEREN (1912-1935)

Specifications

Built by:

F. Schichau, Elbing, Germany

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

1910

Launched:

1911

Commissioned:

1911

Decommissioned:

1935 (from 1929 transferred to the Naval Reserve)

Pennant Number:

C1, later N1

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

249 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

56.35 m

5.83 m

1.90 m

Complement:

33 men

Propulsion:

5,000 Hp

Range:

n/a

Armament:

2 x 75 mm Guns
5 x Torpedo Tubes

Speed:

27.5 knots

History

Date:

Military Service:

1914

In the Training Squadron

August 1, 1914

Joining the 1st Torpedo Boat Flotilla in the 1st Squadron in the Sound as part of the Danish Partly Mobilized Forces

August 19, 1915

Participating in the guarding of the British submarine E.13 that ran aground at Saltholm

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August 16, 1918

Major overhaul at the Royal Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen

December 4, 1918

Decommissioned from the Danish Partly Mobilized Forces

1929

Transferred to the Naval Reserve

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

1915

Commander Godfred Hansen

Notes

None

More Photos

Torpedo boat TUMLEREN.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Sources:

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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

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography