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Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

HAVMANDEN (1938-1950)
(In English: The Merman)

The submarine HAVMANDEN.
(Photo: Archives of the Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Classification

Type:

Submarine

Class:

H Class

Other Ships
in Class:

Submarine HAVFRUEN
Submarine HAVKALEN
Submarine HAVHESTEN

Specifications

Built by:

The Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

August 22 or 23, 1936

Launched:

June 19, 1937

Commissioned:

August 8, 1938

Decommissioned:

July 7, 1950

Pennant Number:

H1

Int'l Call Sign:

OUAE

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

History

Date:

Military Service:

August 29, 1943

Scuttled at Holmen by its own crew, later salvaged by the Germans, but not used

1946

A planned repair was cancelled due to the high cost

November 18, 1950

Offered for sale

December 1950

Sold for scrapping

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

August 29, 1943

Lieutenant Commander E. T. Sølling

Notes

None

More Photos

The top of the conning tower of the submarine HAVMANDEN after being scuttled at Holmen on August 29, 1943.
(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