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Smith, Niels Chr. Bay
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Personal Information |
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Full Name: |
Niels Christian Bay Schmith |
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Date of Birth: |
December 8, 1868 |
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Place of Birth: |
Sakskøbing |
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Family
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Son
of wholesaler Rudolph Schmith and wife Johanne Cecilie, born Bay |
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Marriage: |
Married 1st time to Julie Christensen
Married 2nd time to Bodil Bergenhammer |
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Promotions |
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Promotion: |
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1886 |
Naval Cadet |
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August 27, 1890 |
Sub Lieutenant |
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October 19, 1895 |
Lieutenant |
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November 25, 1908 |
Lieutenant Commander |
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Orders, Decorations &
Distinctions |
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Orders, Decorations &
Distinction: |
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January 24, 1913 |
Officer of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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Military
Service |
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Military
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1898 |
On
the schooner ST. THOMAS to the Danish West Indies |
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1900-1903 |
On
leave from the Navy |
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1903-1904 |
On
the cruiser
HEJMDAL to the Mediterranean |
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1906-1906 |
1st
officer on the cruiser
HEJMDAL to the Mediterranean |
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1909 |
1st
officer on the Royal Yacht
DANNEBROG |
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1910-1912 |
Commanding the fishery inspection in inner Danish waters |
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1912-1913 |
CO
of the inspection ship BESKYTTEREN to the Faeroe Islands |
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1913 |
1st
officer on the coastal defense ship
OLFERT FISCHER |
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1914-1915 |
1st
officer on the ironclad
SKJOLD in the 2nd Squadron |
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1915-1918 |
Area commander in the Naval Floating Defense Squadron at
Copenhagen |
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December 8, 1920 |
Discharge |
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Other Achievements |
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Achievement: |
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1894-1895 |
In
the Merchant fleet |
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1900-1903 |
Employed at the Alfred Christens Shipping Company, part-time as Master,
part-time as station manager in Copenhagen and Libau |
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1920 |
In
the Merchant fleet, also as Master |
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Death |
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Cemetery: |
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September 19, 1927 |
Died in Sorø, buried at Holmens kirkegaard |
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Sources: |
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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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