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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

SÆLEN (1920-1943)
(In English: The Seal)

Torpedo Boat of the SPRINGEREN Class
(the picture shows the torpedo boat NORDKAPEREN)
(Photo: Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Classification

Type:

Torpedo Boat, from 1922: Patrol Boat

Class:

SPRINGEREN Class

Other Ships
in Class:

HAVHESTEN
HAVKATTEN
MAKRELEN
NARHVALEN
NORDKAPEREN
SPRINGEREN
STØREN
SØLØVEN
SØHUNDEN

Specifications

Built by:

Royal Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

n/a

Launched:

1919

Commissioned:

June 15, 1920

Decommissioned:

August 29, 1943

Pennant Number:

1, 1923: B 11, 1929: R 5

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

92.5 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

38.5 m

4.25 m

2.74 m

Complement:

24 men

Propulsion:

2,000 Hp

Range:

n/a

Armament:

2 x 57 mm Anti Aircraft Guns
2 x Torpedo Tubes

Speed:

24.6 knots

History

Date:

Military Service:

1920

Training ship

1922

The type changed to Guard ship

1923 and 1924

Training ship

1932

Training ship

August 29, 1943

Scuttled by own crew at Holmen, Copenhagen

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

August 29, 1943

Lieutenant Commander Otto L. W. Marckmann

Notes

None

Sources:

&

Da Danmarks Flaade blev sænket, by F. H. Kjølsen, Commander s.g., H. Hagerups Forlag, Copenhagen, 1945

&

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

&

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

&

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

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography