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DAPHNE (1926-1946)
(In English: n/a)

The submarine DAPHNE, the first of the two subs of the D Class.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Classification

Type:

Submarine

Class:

D Class

Other Ships
in Class:

Submarine DRYADEN

Specifications

Built by:

The Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen

Design:

The Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen

Laid down:

November 4, 1923

Launched:

December 9, 1925

Commissioned:

October 4, 1926

Decommissioned:

August 22, 1946

Pennant Number:

D1

Int'l Call Sign:

GSHW, after January 1, 1934: OUAA

Displacement:

308 tons - surface
381 tons - submerged

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

49.10 m

5.22 m

2.51 m

Complement:

18 men (War time crew: 24 men)

Propulsion:

2 ea Diesel engines - 900 Hp
2 ea Electro engines - 400 Hp
2 ea Propellers

Range:

n/a

Armament:

6 ea 45 cm Torpedo tubes (4 fore and 2 aft)
1 ea 75 mm Gun
1 ea 20 mm Gun
1 ea 8 mm Machine gun

Speed:

13.4 knob - surface
7.0 knob - submerged

History

Date:

Military Service:

1928

On tour to Brügge, Belgium together with the tender HENRIK GERNER and the submarines DRYADEN, BELLONA and FLORA

April 1929

On a visit to Karlskrona, Sweden as part of the Submarine Flotilla, consisting of the tender HENRIK GERNER, the subs FLORA, DAPHNE, DRYADEN, ÆGIR, NEPTUN and RAN, and the guard ship ORMEN

1929

Sail training i the North Sea

1930

Touring the Baltic and visiting Gdynia, Poland together with the cruiser HEJMDAL, the tender HENRIK GERNER, the submarines DRYADEN, RAN, TRITON and GALATHEA

September 1, 1939
- May 10, 1940

In the Danish partly mobilized forces

August 29, 1943

Scuttled by its own crew at Holmen

1946

Sold for scrapping

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

February 1930
- May 1930

Lieutenant Commander F. C. T. Bangsbøll

January 1932
- May 1933

Commander F. C. T. Bangsbøll

September 1, 1939
- May 10, 1940

Lieutenant Commander E. T. Sølling

August 29, 1943

Lieutenant Commander Kristian G. Konradsen

Notes

None

More Photos

Scuttled submarines at Holmen just after August 29, 1943. DAPHNE is in the center, and to the right is the sub ROTA, in the background you can find
the top of the conning tower of the sub HAVMANDEN.
To the left is the tender HENRIK GERNER.
(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 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 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