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Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Classification

Type:

Torpedo boat

Class:

GLENTEN Class

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

T4

GLENTEN

01/06/1933

06/06/1933

02/05/1941

T5

HØGEN

10/20/1933

07/01/1934

02/05/1941

T6

ØRNEN

10/19/1934

07/03/1935

02/05/1941

Comments to the Class

The GLENTEN Class was an improved version of the earlier DRAGEN Class torpedoboats (1930-1941) and had almost identical dimensions.

- Several sources mention the 3 torpedo boats of the GLENTEN Class as being part of the DRAGEN Class, but this must be resolved as incorrect.

The GLENTEN Class was armed with 87 mm guns as main armament and only four torpedotubes on the deck, where the DRAGEN Class had 75 mm guns and six torpedo tubes on the deck.

Specifications

Built by:

Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Displacement:

290 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

59.6 m

5.95 m

2.23 m

Complement:

46 men

Propulsion:

ATLAS turbines 6,000 Hps.

Range:

n/a

Armament:

2 ea 87 mm Guns
2 ea 20 mm Guns
2 ea 45 cm Torpedotubes (bow)
4 ea 45 cm Torpedotubes (2x2) (deck)

Speed:

29 knots

Additional Notes

The Royal Danish Navy was constrained to hand over 6 newer Torpedo Boats to the German Occupation Force in February 1941. This were the 3 boats of the GLENTEN Class and 3 boats of the DRAGEN Class. - The boats were disarmed before the hand over.

More Photos

The Torpedo boat GLENTEN.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

The Torpedo boat HØGEN.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

The Torpedo boat ØRNEN.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Sources:

&

Flådens skibe og fartøjer 1945-1995, by Gunnar Olsen and Svenn Storgaard, Marinehistoriske skrifter,  Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-13-2)

&

Torpedobåde gennem 100 år - Det danske torpedobådsvåben 1879-1979, by Hans Garde & Hans Chr. Bjerg, Marinehistorisk Selskab, Copenhagen, 1979 (ISBN 87-87720-02-7)

&

Vore Torpedobaade gennem 75 Aar, by R. Steen Steensen, Marinehistorisk Selskab, Copenhagen, 1953

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography