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NEPTUN (1916-1933)
(In English: n/a)

Undervandsbåden NEPTUN

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

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Classification

Type:

Submarine

Class:

B Class

Other Ships
in Class:

Submarine ÆGIR
Submarine
RAN
Submarine
TRITON
Submarine
GALATHEA

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Specifications

Built by:

The Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

n/a

Launched:

December 22, 1915

Commissioned:

October 1, 1916

Decommissioned:

April 26, 1933

Pennant Number:

11, later B11

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

185 tons (235 tons submerged)

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

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40.60 m

3.72 m

2.40 m

Complement:

14 men

Propulsion:

1 ea Diesel Engine 450 Hp
1 ea Electro Engine 340 Hp
1 ea Propeller

Range:

n/a

Armament:

1 ea 57 mm Anti Aircraft Gun
3 ea 45 cm Torpedo Tubes (fore)

Speed:

13.5 knots - surface
9.8 knots - submerged

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History

Date:

Military Service:

1916-1918

In the Danish partly mobilized forces

1926

On a visit to Halmstad, Sweden as part of the Submarine Flotilla, consisting of the submarines BELLONA ROTA, FLORA, TRITON, GALATHEA, NEPTUN and RAN.

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

1930

Transferred to the naval reserve

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Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

1916

Commander Hjalmar Rechnitzer

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Notes

None

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Sources:

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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

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