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H Class (1938-1950)
(In English: n/a)

Here are three of the submarines of the H Class, from left HAVKALEN, then HAVMANDEN and HAVFRUEN.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Classification

Type:

Submarines

Class:

H Class

Units in Class

PT No.:

Name:

Launched:

Comm.:

Decomm.:

H1

HAVMANDEN

06/19/1937

10/08/1938

07/07/1950

H2

HAVFRUEN

11/06/1937

05/06/1939

07/07/1950

H3

HAVKALEN

03/03/1938

07/18/1939

07/07/1950

H4

HAVHESTEN

07/11/1940

09/22/1942

07/07/1950

Comments to the Class

A fifth sub of this class was financially approved, but was later cancelled.

Specifications

Built by:

The Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Displacement:

335 tons - surface
407 tons - submerged

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

47.45 m

4.65 m

2.84 m

Complement:

25 men

Propulsion:

2 ea B & W Diesel engines 1.200 Hp
2 ea Brown Boveri Electro engines 450 Hp
2 ea Propellers

Range:

n/a

Armament:

2 ea 40 mm Guns (After 1940 only 1 ea)
2 ea 8 mm Machineguns
5 ea 452 mm torpedo tubes (3 fore and 2 aft)

Speed:

15.3 knots - surface
7.2 knob - submerged

Additional Notes

All four submarines were scuttled at Holmen on August 29, 1943 and was never used again.

More Photos

The submarine HAVMANDEN, the first of the four subs of the H Class.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Sources:

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Da Danmarks Flaade blev sænket, by F. H. Kjølsen, Commander s.g., H. Hagerups Forlag, Copenhagen, 1945

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Flådens skibe 1950, by R. Steen Steensen, Det Schønbergske Forlag, Copenhagen, 1950

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

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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 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