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Kofoed-Hansen, O. J.

Personal Information

Full Name:

Otto Joachim Moltke Kofoed-Hansen

Date of Birth:

March 20, 1854

Vice Admiral O. J. Kofoed-Hansen

Place of Birth:

Haderslev, Southern Jutland

Family
Relations:

Son of rural dean Hans Peter Kofoed-Hansen and wife Sofie Isabella Laetitia Kofoed-Hansen, born Lady Moltke

Marriage:

Married to Sigrid Marie Kofoed-Hansen, born Holm

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Promotions

Date:

Promotion:

1867

Naval Cadet

August 25, 1873

Sub Lieutenant

June 1, 1874

Lieutenant

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Lieutenant Commander

February 1, 1888

Commander

April 30, 1900

Captain

October 1, 1911

Vice Admiral

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Orders, Decorations & Distinctions

Date:

Order, Decoration or Distinction:

November 29, 1881

Danish Life Saving Medal

February 28, 1894

Officer of the Order of the Dannebroge

April 7, 1902

Silver Cross of the Order of the Dannebroge

January 10, 1905

Commander of the Order of the Dannebroge

December 22, 1908

Knight Commander of the Order of the Dannebroge

May 9, 1914

Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Dannebroge

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Military Service

Date:

Military Service:

1873-1874

Service on the frigate SJAELLAND to the Mediterranean

1878-1881

Drilling Officer at the Naval Academy

1878, 1879, 1880 and 1881

Service on the corvette HEIMDAL (Training ship for Naval Cadets)

1882-1883

Service on the frigate SJAELLAND to the Danish West Indies

1884-1885

1st Officer on the schooner FYLLA (On expedition to the Mediterranean)

1886

1st Officer on the Royal Yacht DANNEBROG

1887-1890

Service at the Naval Mine Corps

1888

Commanding Officer (CO) of a torpedo boat division

1890

CO of the schooner ESBERN SNARE (Torpedo School)

1891-1894

Commanding the postal steam ship (Korsoer to Kiel)

1894

Member of the judging committee on board the training ship for the Naval Cadets, the corvette DAGMAR

1895-1898

Buoy Inspector and Commander of the buoy Inspection vessel LOEVENOERN

1898-1899

1st Officer on the frigate FYEN (On expedition to the Mediterranean)

1899 and 1900

CO of the Royal Yacht DANNEBROG

1899-1900

CO of the guard ship at Copenhagen, the barracks ship SJAELLAND

1900-1901

Chief of Staff at the Floating Defense Squadron at Copenhagen

August 1, 1901-
April 12, 1905

Departmental Manager at the Naval Department

1904

CO of the coast defense ship IVER HUITFELDT

April 12, 1905-
December 16, 1908

Director of the Naval Department

1909

CO of the coast defense ship OLFERT FISCHER

1909-1910

CO of the coast defense ship OLFERT FISCHER

1910, 11, 12 & 13

Squadron Commander

October 1, 1911

Supreme Admiral of the Navy; Inspector General of the Navy and Chief in Command of the Naval Officer's Corps

August 1, 1914-
April 11, 1918

Chief in Command of the Naval General Headquarters (in Danish, "Flaadens Overkommando") for the Danish partly mobilized Forces (in Danish, "Sikringsstyrken")

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Other Achievements

Date:

Achievement:

June 26, 1912

Chairman of the Supreme War Court (in Danish, "Overkrigsretten")

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Additional Comments

None

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Death

Date:

Cemetery:

April 16, 1918

Died in Copenhagen, and buried at the "Vestre Kirkegaard"

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Sources:

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Danske Søofficerer 1933-1982, edited by S. E. Pontoppidan and J. Teisen, published by Søe-Lieutenant-Selskabet, Copenhagen, 1984

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Det Danske Søofficerskorps 1801-1919, by Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen, Gyldendals Boghandel and Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1919

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Officerer i den Dansk-Norske Søetat 1660-1814 og den Danske Søetat 1814-1932, Bind I og II, by Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen og Emil Marquard, H. Hagerups Forlag, Copenhagen, 1935

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