Commander s.g. Jens L. Winther

Winther, Jens L.
Personal Information
Full Name:	Jens Lange Winther
Date of Birth:	April 28, 1935
Place of Birth:	Copenhagen
Family Relations:	Son of postmaster Valdemar Lange Winther and wife Anna Christine Dencker, born Christensen
Marriage:	Married to Regitze Lilliecreutz Flöystrup

Promotions
Date:	Promotion:
1952	Naval Cadet
November 1, 1955	Sub Lieutenant
October 1, 1956	Lieutenant
October 1, 1960	Lieutenant Commander
April 1, 1966	Commander
January 1, 1978	Commander s.g.

Orders, Decorations & Distinctions
Date:	Orders, Decorations & Distinction:
October 4, 1982	Officer of the Order of the Dannebroge

Military Service
Date:	Military Service:
July 1956 - September 1956	On mine sweepers of the NÆS Class
September 1956 - October 1957	On frigates of the ESBERN SNARE Class
October 1957 - October 1958	At the Navy Basic Training Camp
October 1958 - October 1958	1stk officer on motor torpedo boats (MTB'S)
October 1, 1959 - April 26, 1962	CO of MTB'S
February 1962 - April 1965	Assistant officer at Vosper Ltd. Portsmouth, England building new Gas turbine Torpedo Boats (GTB's)
April 26, 1962 - January 25, 1965	Co of the MTB'S Mobile Base (MOBA)
January 1965 - March 1965	Sea trials on the GTB's SØLØVEN and SØRIDDEREN in England
February 15, 1965 - April 14, 1965	CO of the GTB SØRIDDEREN and the 114th Torpedo Boat Division
March 1, 1965 - March 1968	At the Defense Staff, Department of Operations. At the same time (September 1965-June 1966) joined the Norwegian Staff Course in Oslo, Norway
March 1968 - March 1971	AT the HQ for the Operational Forces (Karup, Jutland)
April 1971 - July 1972	1st officer on the inspection ship HVIDBJØRNEN, fishery inspection of Greenland and the Faeroe Islands
July 1972 - February 1974	At the staff of the Naval Operations Command
February 1974 - February 1977	Chief of the Operations Department of the Naval Operations Command
February 24, 1977 - October 11, 1977	CO of the inspection ship HVIDBJØRNEN
December 5, 1977 - April 20, 1978	CO of the inspection ship INGOLF
May 1, 1978 - July 31, 1981	Commander of the Inspectors team of the Naval Staff
July 31, 1981 -	CO of the frigate PEDER SKRAM

Other Achievements
Date:	Achievement:
-	n/a

Additional Comments

Was the CO of the frigate PEDER SKRAM, when a HARPOON missile was accidental launched on September 6, 1982.

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Death
Date:	Cemetery:
-	n/a

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