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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

DELFINEN (1914-1932)
(In English: The Dolphin)

The torpedo boat DELFINEN
(Photo: Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Classification

Type:

Torpedo Boat

Class:

SVÆRDFISKEN Class

Other Ships
in Class:

HVALROSSEN and
SVÆRDFISKEN

Specifications

Built by:

Royal Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

n/a

Launched:

1913

Commissioned:

n/a

Decommissioned:

1932

Pennant Number:

E2, later P2

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

159 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

45.2 m

5.16 m

2.12 m

Complement:

31 men

Propulsion:

3,487 Hp

Range:

n/a

Armament:

1 x 75 mm Gun
1 x 8 mm Machine Gun
3 x Torpedo Tubes

Speed:

26.3 knots

History

Date:

Military Service:

June 15, 1914

With the Training Squadron

August 1, 1914

Joined the Danish Partly Mobilized Forces as Command Ship of the 2nd Torpedo Boat Flotilla in the 2nd Squadron at the Great Belt

1925

Joined the Squadron together with the artillery ship NIELS IUEL, the cruisers HEJMDAL and GEJSER, mine ship LOSSEN, three sub and another two torpedo boats training in the Baltic and visiting Helsinki, Revel and Riga

1930

Transferred to the Naval reserve as a Guard Ship

Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

1924, 1925, 1929 and 1930

Lieutenant Commander A. H. Vedel

Notes

None

Sources:

&

Danske Søofficerer 1933-1982, edited by S. E. Pontoppidan og J. Teisen, Published by Søe-Lieutenant-Selskabet, Copenhagen, 1984

&

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 krydsere, by R. Steen Steensen, Commander s.g., Marinehistorisk Selskab, Strubes forlag, 1971

&

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