GEJSER (1893-1928)
(In English: Geyser)

The Light Cruiser GEJSER.
(Photo: Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Service History:
Date:	Military Service:
1893	Sea trials and later joining a squadron with IVER HVITFELDT, VALKYRIEN and 4 torpedo boats
1895	Joining a Squadron with HEKLA, NARHVALEN, STØREN, SØLØVEN and HAVHESTEN heading for Kiel, Germany to represent Denmark at the official opening of the Kieler Canal
1896	On Squadron exercises
1899	On Squadron exercises
1903	Training ship for the Artillery and Torpedo School
1905	After finishing Squadron exercises, escorting the Royal Yacht DANNEBROG to Oslo, Norway together with OLFERT FISCHER
1906	At major overhaul. The deck was renewed and several improvements took place
1907	In the Royal Flotilla to the Faeroe Islands and Iceland
1908	Temporary decommissioned
1909	Training ship for the Artillery and Torpedo School
July 11, 1909 - July 23, 1909	Escorting HM King Frederik VIIth on his tour to Russia
1910 and 1911	Temporary decommissioned
October 1, 1912 - January 7, 1914	Tender for submarines at the Royal Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen. From December 1913 also as accommodation for submariners
January 8, 1914 - August 1, 1914	Temporary decommissioned
August 4, 1914	Ordered to join the 1st Supplementing Forces of the Danish Partly Mobilized Forces
August 7, 1914 - May 14, 1916	Joining alternately the 1st Squadron in the Sound or the 2nd Squadron in the Great Belt
May 15, 1916 September 15, 1916	Training Ship
December 30, 1916	Overhaul at the Royal Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen
January 17, 1917 - December 13, 1917	In the Danish Partly Mobilized Forces
March 31, 1919	Transferred to the Naval Reserve
May 1919 - September 1919	Training Ship for Deck Officer Cadets School
1920	On patrol in Danish waters
1921 and 1922	Temporary decommissioned
1923	Joining the Training Flotilla
1924	Training Ship for Deck Officer Cadets School
1925	Training Ship for Deck Officer Cadets School
1926	Training Ship for Deck Officer Cadets School
1927	Training Ship for Deck Officer Cadets School
March 29, 1928	Decommissioned and sold to scrap

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This page was last updated: March 31, 2005

This page was first published: March 31, 2002

GEJSER (1893-1928) (In English: Geyser)

GEJSER (1893-1928)
(In English: Geyser)