Commander N. Bay Schmith (1868-1927)

Smith, Niels Chr. Bay
Personal Information
Full Name:	Niels Christian Bay Schmith
Date of Birth:	December 8, 1868
Place of Birth:	Sakskøbing
Family Relations:	Son of wholesaler Rudolph Schmith and wife Johanne Cecilie, born Bay
Marriage:	Married 1st time to Julie Christensen Married 2nd time to Bodil Bergenhammer

Promotions
Date:	Promotion:
1886	Naval Cadet
August 27, 1890	Sub Lieutenant
October 19, 1895	Lieutenant
November 25, 1908	Lieutenant Commander

Orders, Decorations & Distinctions
Date:	Orders, Decorations & Distinction:
January 24, 1913	Officer of the Order of the Dannebroge

Military Service
Date:	Military Service:
1898	On the schooner ST. THOMAS to the Danish West Indies
1900-1903	On leave from the Navy
1903-1904	On the cruiser HEJMDAL to the Mediterranean
1906-1906	1st officer on the cruiser HEJMDAL to the Mediterranean
1909	1st officer on the Royal Yacht DANNEBROG
1910-1912	Commanding the fishery inspection in inner Danish waters
1912-1913	CO of the inspection ship BESKYTTEREN to the Faeroe Islands
1913	1st officer on the coastal defense ship OLFERT FISCHER
1914-1915	1st officer on the ironclad SKJOLD in the 2nd Squadron
1915-1918	Area commander in the Naval Floating Defense Squadron at Copenhagen
December 8, 1920	Discharge

Other Achievements
Date:	Achievement:
1894-1895	In the Merchant fleet
1900-1903	Employed at the Alfred Christens Shipping Company, part-time as Master, part-time as station manager in Copenhagen and Libau
1920	In the Merchant fleet, also as Master

Additional Comments

None

Death
Date:	Cemetery:
September 19, 1927	Died in Sorø, buried at Holmens kirkegaard

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Sources:
&	Det Danske Søofficerskorps 1801-1919, by Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen, Gyldendals Boghandel and Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1919
&	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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Smith, Niels Chr. Bay