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Fleet Listing (1919-1940):
Naval Air Service
These fleet listings gives a complete survey
of all aeroplanes, hydroplanes, aircrafts, helicopters etc. in service
with the Naval Air Servise since the early start in 1912 and to the
present day.
When the Royal Danish Airforce was formed as
a separate branch in 1950, all aircrafts from the Naval Air Service and
Army Air Coprs were transferred hereto. Since 1962 the RDN has only been
operating helicopters.
The fleet listings are made in chronological
order. For faster loading on the net, the listings are separated into
different time periods.
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image.
You may select another period here:
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1912-1918
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1945-1950
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1962-
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The type mentioned in parantheses is the Danish
apellation, this was introduced in 1921. You can read more on the
Danish apellations at the bottom of this page.
Friedrichshafen F.F.49 (H.B. II)
(1919-1926) |
(Photo from
Air Tactical Command) |
Type:
Reconnaissance
Armament:
1 ea 8 mm Light Machine Gun
Engine: 1
ea
Benz 220 Hps.
Max. airspeed:
127 km/hr.
Max. ceiling:
n/a
Max. weight:
2,120 kg
Span - Length - Height:
16.70 m - 11.60 m - 4.12 m
Manufacturer:
Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH,
Germany
Units (station):
7 ea (Sea Plane Station Copenhagen, the
later Naval Air Station Copen-hagen) |
Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 (H.M. I)
(1919-1930) |
(Photo: Archives of the
Royal
Danish Naval Museum) |
Type:
Reconnaissance
Armament:
1 ea 8 mm Light Machine Gun
Engine: 1
ea
160 Hp OV-engine
Max. airspeed:
165 km/hr.
Max. ceiling:
n/a
Max. weight:
1,500 kg
Span - Length - Height:
13.55 m - 9.33 m - 3.55 m
Manufacturer:
Hansa- & Brandenburgische Flugzeug-werke
GmbH, Germany (15 built at the Naval Dock Yard under license)
Units (station):
16 ea (Sea Plane Station
Copen-hagen, the later Naval Air Station Copenhagen) |
Curtiss Seagull (F.B. VI)
(1919-1921) |
(Photo from
Air Tactical Command) |
Type:
Reconnaissance
Armament:
None
Engine:
1 ea Curtiss K6 160 Hps.
Max. airspeed:
116 km/hr.
Max. ceiling:
1,150 m
Max. weight:
1,236 kg
Span - Length - Height:
15.29 m - 8.79 m - 3.59 m
Manufacturer:
Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Corp., USA
Units (station):
1 ea (Sea Plane Station
Copen-hagen, the later Naval Air Station Copenhagen) |
Avro 504K (L.B. I)
(1921-1925) |
(Photo: Archives of the
Royal
Danish Naval Museum) |
Type:
Two-seated Trainer
Armament:
None
Engine: 1
ea
Gnome 100 Hps.
Max. airspeed:
132 km/hr.
Max. ceiling:
4,875 m
Max. weight:
830 kg
Span - Length - Height:
15.29 m - 8.79 m - 3.59 m
Manufacturer:
A. V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Great Britain (2
were modified by the Naval Dock Yard to type 504N in 1925)
Units (station):
6 ea
(Naval Flying School, Naval Air Station Ringsted Ringsted) |
Avro 504N (L.B. I)
(1925-1936) |
(Photo from
Air Tactical Command) |
Type:
Two-seated Trainer
Armament:
None
Engine: 1 stk.
Armstrong-Siddeley Lynx IV 180 Hk
Max. airspeed:
161 km/hr.
Max. ceiling:
4,450 m
Max. weight:
1,016 kg
Span - Length - Height:
10.97 m - 8.69 m - 3.63 m
Manufacturer:
A. V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Great Britain
(3 built at the Naval Dock Yard under license, and 2 type 504K were
modified by the Naval Dock Yard to 504N in 1925)
Units (station):
6 ea (Naval Flying School, Naval Air
Station Ringsted, from 1930 on Naval Air Station Avnø) |
Hawker Dankok (L.B. II)
(1926-1936) |
(Photo from
Air Tactical Command) |
Type:
Fighter
Armament:
2 ea 8 mm Light Machine Guns
Engine: 1
ea Armstrong-Siddeley Jaguar IV 385 Hps.
Max. airspeed:
220 km/hr.
Max. ceiling:
9,600 m
Max. weight:
1,330 kg
Span - Length - Height:
9.34 m - 7.84 m - 3.13 m
Manufacturer:
H. G. Hawker Engineering Co. Ltd.,
Great Britain (3 ea)
(12 were built at the Naval Dock Yard under license)
Units (station):
15 ea
(2. Naval Air Flotilla, Naval Air Station Ringsted) |
De Havilland Moth DH60G/M (L.B. III)
(1928-1940) |
(Photo: Archives of the
Royal
Danish Naval Museum) |
Type:
Trainer/Station Flight
Armament:
None
Engine: 1
ea
De Havilland Gipsy 85 Hps.
Max. airspeed:
161 km/hr.
Max. ceiling:
3,660 m
Max. weight:
705 kg
Span - Length - Height:
9.14 m - 7.29 m - 2.68 m
Manufacturer:
De Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd., Great
Britain
Units (station):
5 ea (Naval Flying School, Naval Air
Station Ringsted, from 1930 on Naval Air Station Avnø) |
Heinkel H.E.8 (H.M. II)
(1928-1940) |
(Photo: Archives of the
Royal
Danish Naval Museum) |
Type:
Reconnaissance
Armament:
2 ea 8 mm Light Machine Gun
8 ea 12½ kg Bombs
(Some planes were equipped with smoke devices in 1936)
Engine: 1 stk.
Armstrong-Siddeley Jaguar IVC 460 Hk
Max. airspeed:
210 km/hr.
Max. ceiling:
5,600 m
Max. weight:
2,650 kg
Span - Length - Height:
16.77 m - 11.65 m - 4.40 m
Manufacturer:
Heinkel Werke, Germany (6 ea)
(16 were built at the Naval Dock Yard under license)
Units (station):
22 ea (1. Naval Air Flotilla, Naval Air
Station Copenhagen) |
Avro Tutor (L.B. IV)
(1932-1940) |
(Photo from
Air Tactical Command) |
Type:
Two-seated Trainer
Armament:
None
Engine: 1
ea Armstrong-Siddeley Lynx IVC 215 Hps.
Max. airspeed:
196 km/hr.
Max. ceiling:
5,000 m
Max. weight:
1,248 kg
Span - Length - Height:
10.97 m - 8.08 m - 2.97 m
Manufacturer:
A. V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Great Britain
(3 were built at the Naval Dock Yard under license)
Units (station):
5 ea (Naval Flying School, Naval Air
Station Avnø) |
Hawker Dantorp (H.B. III)
(1933-1940) |
(Photo from
Air Tactical Command) |
Type:
Torpedo Bomber
Armament:
2 ea 8 mm Light Machine Gun
1 ea 45 cm Torpedo, or
400 kg bombs
Engine:
1 ea Armstrong-Siddeley Leopard IIIA 800 Hps.
Max. airspeed:
206 km/hr.
Max. ceiling:
3,810 m
Max. weight:
4,630 kg
Span - Length - Height:
17.30 m - 12.09 m - 4.34 m
Manufacturer:
Hawker Company, Great Britain
Units (station):
2 ea (9. Naval Air Group, later 1.
Naval Air Flotilla, Naval Air Station Copenhagen) |
Hawker Nimrod (L.B. V)
(1934-1940) |
(Photo: Archives of the
Royal
Danish Naval Museum) |
Type:
Fighter
Armament:
2 ea 8 mm Light Machine Gun
4 ea 12 kg Bombs
Engine: 1
ea
Rolls Royce Krestel IIIS 535 Hps.
Max. airspeed:
320 km/hr.
Max. ceiling:
9,600 m
Max. weight:
1,330 kg
Span - Length - Height:
10.22 m - 8.22 m - 3.10 m
Manufacturer:
Hawker Company, Great Britain (2 ea)
(10 were built at the Naval Dock Yard under license)
Units (station):
12 ea (2. Naval Air Flotilla, Naval Air
Station Ringsted, from 1936 on Naval Air Station Avnø) |
Dornier Wal (F.M. I)
(1938-1940) |
(Photo: Archives of the
Royal
Danish Naval Museum) |
Type:
Reconnaissance/Search and Rescue
Armament:
None
Engine: 2
ea
BMW VI á 460 Hps.
Max. airspeed:
221 km/hr.
Max. ceiling:
3,700 m
Max. weight:
9,500 kg
Span - Length - Height:
27.20 m - 18.20 m - 4.30 m
Manufacturer:
Dornier Werke, Germany
Units (station):
1 ea - PERSSUAK (1. Naval Air
Flotilla, Naval Air Station Copen-hagen) |
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Danish Apellations:
The Air Services introduced a Danish
apellation for all airplanes in 1921; it consisted of two letters
followed by a
roman numeral.
The first letter would be either F for
"Flyvebåde" (flying boats), H for "Hydroplaner" (hydroplanes) or L for
"Landflyvemaskiner" (landbased airplanes).
The second letter would be either
B for "Biplaner" (biplanes) or M for "Monoplaner" (monoplanes).
The roman numeral was just a
consecutive number,
The Danish apellations were not used
after 1945.
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Sources: |
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Air Tactical Command, Karup |
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Dansk Marineflyvning 1911-1998,
by Niels M. Probst,
Orlogsmuseet,
Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-15-9) |
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Dansk Militærflyvnings - Hvornår skete
det, by Hans A. Schrøder,
Flyvevåbnets Bibliotek 2000 (ISBN 87-987748-0-8) |
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Danske Militærfly,
by Niels Jensen,
Clausen Bøger, 1978 (ISBN 87-11-03877-2) |
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De danske militære flyverstyrkers
udvikling 1910-1940, Vol. I,
by Paul E. Ancher,
Odense Universitetsforlag (ISBN 87 7838 178 9) |
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De danske militære flyverstyrkers
udvikling 1940-1945, Vol. II, by Paul E. Ancher,
Odense Universitetsforlag (ISBN 87 7838 368 4) |
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