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Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

TRITON (1916-1946)
(In English: n/a)

The submarine TRITON.
(Photo: Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Classification

Type:

Submarine

Class:

B Class

Other Ships
in Class:

Submarine ÆGIR
Submarine RAN
Submarine NEPTUN
Submarine GALATHEA

Specifications

Built by:

The Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

n/a

Launched:

July 29, 1915

Commissioned:

October 1, 1916

Decommissioned:

August 22, 1946

Pennant Number:

10, later B10

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

185 tons (235 tons submerged)

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

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

History

Date:

Military Service:

1916-1918

In the Danish partly mobilized forces, serving with the submarine flotillas at Copenhagen, Helsingør and Slipshavn

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.

1930

Touring the Baltic and visiting Gdynia, Poland together with the cruiser HEJMDAL, the tender HENRIK GERNER, the submarines DAPHNE, DRYADEN, RAN, TRITON and GALATHEA

August 29, 1943

Moored at Holmen and used as an oil depot. The sub was not used by the Germans

1946

Sold for scrapping

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

1916

Commander, baron Niels Juel-Brockdorff

1930

Commander J. Wolfhagen

Notes

None

Sources:

&

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

&

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

&

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