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A Class (1912-1932)
(In English: n/a)

Here are 4 of the submarines of the A Class, from right are HAVFRUEN,
followed by NAJADEN, HAVMANDEN and 2den APRIL.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Classification

Type:

Submarine

Class:

A Class (or Alpha Class)

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

H2 (3)

HAVMANDEN

12/23/1911

08/20/1912

04/26/1928

T1 (4)

THETIS

06/19/1912

11/19/1912

04/26/1928

H1 (2)

HAVFRUEN

08/31/1912

03/21/1913

05/03/1932

5

2den APRIL

03/31/1913

09/04/1913

01/15/1929

6

NAJADEN

07/09/1913

12/01/1913

09/09/1931

7

NYMFEN

02/10/1914

07/27/1914

03/11/1932

Comments to the Class

The HAVFRUEN was given the lowest pennant no. due to the fact, that it became the first of the subs that where fitted with the diesel propulsion and therefore used as the command ship.

Specifications

Built by:

HAVMANDEN, THETIS and 2den APRIL were built by Whitehead-Fiume in Austria, while the other 3 subs, HAVFRUEN, NAJADEN and NYMFEN, were built at the Naval Dockyard in Copenhagen.

Design:

n/a

Displacement:

164 tons - surface
204 tons - submerged

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

38.9 m

3.6 m

2.3 m

Complement:

10 - 14 men

Propulsion:

See the Data Sheets for the different boats

Range:

n/a

Armament:

2 ea 45 cm Torpedo tubes (fore)

After 1917 also:

2 ea 8 mm Machineguns

Speed:

13 knots - surface
9.3 knots - submerged

Additional Notes

None

More Photos

The A Class submarine HAVFRUEN became the first built Danish submarine.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

The submarine THETIS, the second sub of the A Class..
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Sources:

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U-både gennem 75 år - Det danske ubådsvåben 1909-84, by Hans Chr. Bjerg, Hans Chr. Dahlerup Koch and P. B. Nielsen, Forlaget Forum, 1984

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Vore orlogsskibe fra halvfemserne til nu, by Kay Larsen, Nyt Nordisk Forlag/Arnold Busck, 1932

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Vore Undervandsbåde gennem 50 år (1909-1959), by Commander s.g. R. Steen Steensen, Marinehistorisk Selskabs Skrift no. 5, forlaget Ejnar Munksgaard, 1960

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography