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Fleet Listing (1912-1918):
Naval Air Service
These fleet listings gives a complete survey
of all aeroplanes, hydroplanes, aircrafts, helicopters etc. in service
with the Naval Air Servise since the early start in 1912 and to the
present day.
When the Royal Danish Airforce was formed as
a separate branch in 1950, all aircrafts from the Naval Air Service and
Army Air Coprs were transferred hereto. Since 1962 the RDN has only been
operating helicopters.
The fleet listings are made in chronological
order. For faster loading on the net, the listings are separated into
different time periods.
You may click on a photo to view a larger
image.
You may select another period here:
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1919-1940
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1945-1950
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1962-
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The type mentioned in parantheses is the Danish
apellation, this was introduced in 1921. You can read more on the
Danish apellations at the bottom of this page.
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Henri Farman
(1912-1913) |
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(Photo from
Air Tactical Command) |
Type:
Reconnaissance/Trainer
Armament:
None
Engine: 1
ea Gnome 50 Hps.
Max. airspeed:
80 km/hr.
Max. ceiling:
n/a
Max. weight:
530 kg
Span - Length - Height:
10.42 m - 11.23 m - 3.28 m
Manufacturer:
Home made by Robert Svendsen,
Denmark
Units (station):
GLENTEN (Navy Flying School, Kløvermarken, Copenhagen) |
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Maurice Farman
(1913) |
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(Photo: Archives of the
Royal
Danish Naval Museum) |
Type:
Reconnaissance/Trainer
Armament:
None
Engine: 1
ea Renault V8 80 Hps.
Max. airspeed:
82 km/hr.
Max. ceiling:
n/a
Max. weight:
690 kg
Span - Length - Height:
15.50 m - 12.05 m - 3.50 m
Manufacturer:
Societé Henri & Maurice Farman, France
Units (station):
ØRNEN (Navy Flying School, Kløvermarken,
Copenhagen) |
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Donnet-Leveque (F.B. I)
(1913-1915) |
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(Photo from
Air Tactical Command) |
Type:
Reconnaissance/Trainer
Armament:
None
Engine: 1
ea Gnome 80 Hps.
Max. airspeed:
88 km/hr.
Max. ceiling:
n/a
Max. weight:
780 kg
Span - Length - Height:
11.60 m - 7.90 m - 2.80 m
Manufacturer:
Franco-British Aviation, Vernon, France (modified
at the Naval Dock Yard in 1914)
Units (station):
MAAGEN, from 1914 MAAGEN 1
TERNEN, from 1914 MAAGEN
2
(Navy Flying School, Kløvermarken, Copenhagen) |
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OV's Flyvebåd (F.B. II)
(1914-1919) |
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(Photo from
Air Tactical Command) |
Type:
Reconnaissance/Trainer
Armament:
None
Engine: 1
ea Gnome 80 Hps.
Max. airspeed:
90 km/hr.
Max. ceiling:
n/a
Max. weight:
n/a
Span - Length - Height:
11.18 m - 8.49 m - n/a
Manufacturer:
Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen
Units (station):
MAAGEN 3 mfl. - I alt 8 stk.
(Navy Flying School, Kløvermarken, Copenhagen, from 1915 at Sea Plane
Station Copenhagen, the later Naval Air Station Copenhagen) |
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OV's Flyvebåd (F.B. III)
(1916-1924) |
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(Photo: Archives of the
Royal
Danish Naval Museum) |
Type:
Reconnaissance
Armament:
1 ea 8 mm Light Machine Gun
4 ea 9 kg Bombs
Engine: 1
ea Gnome 100 Hps.
Max. airspeed:
90 km/hr.
Max. ceiling:
n/a
Max. weight:
975 kg
Span - Length - Height:
11.18 m - 8.49 m - n/a
Manufacturer:
Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen
Units (station):
MAAGEN 11 etc. - totally 10 ea
(Sea Plane Station Copenhagen, the later Naval Air Station Copenhagen) |
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Friedrichshafen F.F.29
(1917) |
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(Photo from
Air Tactical Command) |
Type:
Reconnaissance
Armament:
None
Engine: 1
ea Argus 120 Hps.
Max. airspeed:
105 km/hr.
Max. ceiling:
n/a
Max. weight:
1,350 kg
Span - Length - Height:
15.00 m - 14.00 m - n/a
Manufacturer:
Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH, Germany
Units (station):
1 ea (taken over from the Germans, but
was shortly after lost under towing) |
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OV's Pontonmaskiner (H.B. I)
(1918-1924) |
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(Photo from
Air Tactical Command) |
Type:
Reconnaissance/Trainer
Armament:
1 ea 8 mm Light Machine Gun
4 ea 7,5 kg Bombs
Engine: 1
ea Curtiss 160 Hps. (later replaced by the 160 Hps. OLV engine)
Max. airspeed:
100 km/hr.
Max. ceiling:
n/a
Max. weight:
1,600 kg
Span - Length - Height:
15.16 m - 10.05 m - 3.85 m
Manufacturer:
Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen
Units (station):
4 ea (Sea Plane Station Copen-hagen, the
later Naval Air Station Copenhagen) |
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OV's Flyvebåd (F.B. IV)
(1918-1924) |
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(This type is almost identical
to the
F.B. III,
see this) |
Type:
Reconnaissance
Armament:
n/a
Engine: 1
ea Curtiss 200 Hps.
Max. airspeed:
n/a
Max. ceiling:
n/a
Max. weight:
n/a
Span - Length - Height:
n/a - n/a - n/a
Manufacturer:
Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen
Units (station):
2 ea (Sea Plane Station
Copen-hagen, the later Naval Air Station Copenhagen) |
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OV's Flyvebåd (F.B. V)
(1918-1924) |
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(This type is almost identical
to the
F.B. III,
see this) |
Type:
Two-seated Trainer
Armament:
None
Engine: 1
ea Curtiss 100 Hps.
Max. airspeed:
n/a
Max. ceiling:
n/a
Max. weight:
n/a
Span - Length - Height:
n/a - n/a - n/a
Manufacturer:
Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen
Units (station):
3 ea (Sea Plane Station Copen-hagen, the
later Naval Air Station Copenhagen) |
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1919-1940
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Danish Apellations:
The Air Services introduced a Danish
apellation for all airplanes in 1921; it consisted of two letters
followed by a
roman numeral.
The first letter would be either F for
"Flyvebåde" (flying boats), H for "Hydroplaner" (hydroplanes) or L for
"Landflyvemaskiner" (landbased airplanes).
The second letter would be either
B for "Biplaner" (biplanes) or M for "Monoplaner" (monoplanes).
The roman numeral was just a
consecutive number,
The Danish apellations were not used
after 1945.
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Sources: |
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Air Tactical Command, Karup |
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Dansk Marineflyvning 1911-1998,
by Niels M. Probst,
Orlogsmuseet,
Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-15-9) |
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Dansk Militærflyvnings - Hvornår skete
det, by Hans A. Schrøder,
Flyvevåbnets Bibliotek 2000 (ISBN 87-987748-0-8) |
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Danske Militærfly,
by Niels Jensen,
Clausen Bøger, 1978 (ISBN 87-11-03877-2) |
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De danske militære flyverstyrkers
udvikling 1910-1940, Vol. I,
by Paul E. Ancher,
Odense Universitetsforlag (ISBN 87 7838 178 9) |
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De danske militære flyverstyrkers
udvikling 1940-1945, Vol. II, by Paul E. Ancher,
Odense Universitetsforlag (ISBN 87 7838 368 4) |
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