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NARHVALEN (1888-1918)
(In English: The Narwhal)

Torpedo Boat NARHVALEN

Torpedo Boat NARHVALEN
(Photo: Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Classification

Type:

Torpedo Boat

Class:

STØREN Class

Other Ships
in Class:

HAVHESTEN
STØREN

SØLØVEN

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Specifications

Built by:

John J. Thornycroft & Co., London, England

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

n/a

Launched:

1888

Commissioned:

September 8, 1888

Decommissioned:

1918

Pennant Number:

n/a

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

117 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

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42.00 m

4.21 m

2.21 m

Complement:

20 men

Propulsion:

1,200 Hp

Range:

n/a

Armament:

2 x 37 mm Machine Guns
2 x 38 cm Torpedo Tubes (in the bow)
2 x 38 cm Torpedo Tubes (on the deck)
1 x 40 cm Search Light

Speed:

21 knots

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History

Date:

Military Service:

September 11, 1888
- December 15, 1888

On sea trials, used for torpedo exercises at the Naval Station at Bramsnæsvig, later on tour with the SØLØVEN and HAVHESTEN

June 1, 1889
- August 31, 1889

Used for torpedo exercises at the Naval Station at Bramsnæsvig

July 27, 1891
- September 11, 1891

In the Training Squadron

June 9, 1892
- August 17, 1892

Used for torpedo exercises at the Naval Station at Bramsnæsvig

August 6, 1894
- September 25, 1894

In the Training Squadron

November 7, 1894
- November 13, 1894

On tour with the torpedo boat STØREN

May 31, 1895
- June 26, 1895

Joining a Squadron with GEJSER, HEKLA, STØREN, SØLØVEN and HAVHESTEN heading for Kiel, Germany to represent Denmark at the official opening of the Kieler Canal

August 7, 1897
- October 8, 1897

Joining the Squadron on a tour to Stockholm, Sweden, celebrating the Swedish King Oscar's Silver Jubilee

March 31, 1900
- May 10, 1900

Training ship for the Mine Warfare School

May 15, 1900
- July 31, 1900

Operating as a fishery inspection ship and from August in the Training Squadron

August 3, 1900
- October 6, 1900

In the Training Squadron

August 1, 1903
- September 30, 1903

In the Training Squadron

February 16, 1904
- March 5, 1904

Exercises in the Sound with The Copenhagen Coastal Defense

July 27, 1904
- September 30, 1904

In the Training Squadron

September 30, 1904
- November 5, 1904

Fishery Inspection in the Kattegat

November 9, 1904
- November 24, 1904

Patrolling Danish water due to the passage of a Russian Squadron passing

February 16, 1905
- February 23, 1905

Together with SØBJØRNEN extraordinary fitted out, as the 3rd Russian Squadron passed through Danish water on route to the Far East

July 29, 1905
- September 28, 1905

In the Training Squadron

1914

Temporally decommissioned, but on a 12 hours stand by

August 1, 1914

Equipped and joining the Naval Floating Defense Squadron at Copenhagen on August 2

August 19, 1915

First Danish ship on the scene, when the British submarine E.13 ran aground at Saltholm.

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July 7, 1916

Renamed Torpedobåd Nr. 5 and transferred to the Naval Reserve

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Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

1888

Lieutenant V. C. A. Jøncke

1889

Lieutenant J. A. Vøhtz

1891

Commander C. F. Drechsel

1892

Lieutenant V. C. A. Jøncke

1894

Lieutenant F. C. B. Møller

1895

Lieutenant E. J. G. Brockmeyer

1897

Lieutenant C. M. With

March 31, 1900
- May 10, 1900

Lieutenant C. J. Hansen

May 15, 1900
- October 6, 1900

Lieutenant E. F. B. Wessel

1903

Lieutenant C. O. W. Späth

1904-1905

Lieutenant V. J. A. Harttung

July 29, 1905
- September 28, 1905

Lieutenant H. L. E. Wenck

1915

Lieutenant J. A. Thiele

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Notes

None

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Sources:

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Oplysninger vedrørende den danske flaades skibe i sidste aarhundrede, by etatsråd H. Degenkolv, Copenhagen, 1906.

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

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Vore orlogsskibe fra halvfemserne til nu, by Kay Larsen, Nyt Nordisk Forlag/Arnold Busck, 1932

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

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography

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