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Classification |
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Type: |
Torpedo Boat |
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Class: |
STØREN Class |
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Other Ships
in Class: |
HAVHESTEN
STØREN
SØLØVEN |
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Specifications |
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Built by: |
John J. Thornycroft & Co., London, England |
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Design: |
n/a |
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Laid down: |
n/a |
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Launched: |
1888 |
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Commissioned: |
September 8, 1888 |
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Decommissioned: |
1918 |
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Pennant Number: |
n/a |
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Int'l Call Sign: |
n/a |
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Displacement: |
117 tons |
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Dimensions: |
Length: |
Beam: |
Draught: |
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42.00 m |
4.21 m |
2.21 m |
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Complement: |
20 men |
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Propulsion: |
1,200 Hp |
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Range: |
n/a |
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Armament: |
2 x 37 mm Machine Guns
2 x 38 cm Torpedo Tubes (in the bow)
2 x 38 cm Torpedo Tubes (on the deck)
1 x 40 cm Search Light |
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Speed: |
21 knots |
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History |
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Date: |
Military
Service: |
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September 11, 1888
- December 15, 1888 |
On
sea trials, used for torpedo exercises at the Naval Station at Bramsnæsvig,
later on tour with the SØLØVEN and HAVHESTEN |
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June 1, 1889
- August 31, 1889 |
Used for torpedo exercises at the Naval Station at Bramsnæsvig |
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July 27, 1891
- September 11, 1891 |
In
the Training Squadron |
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June 9, 1892
- August 17, 1892 |
Used for torpedo exercises at the Naval Station at Bramsnæsvig |
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August 6, 1894
- September 25, 1894 |
In
the Training Squadron |
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November 7, 1894
- November 13, 1894 |
On
tour with the torpedo boat
STØREN |
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May 31,
1895
- June 26, 1895 |
Joining a Squadron with
GEJSER, HEKLA,
STØREN,
SØLØVEN and HAVHESTEN heading for Kiel, Germany to represent
Denmark at the official opening of the Kieler Canal |
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August 7,
1897
- October 8, 1897 |
Joining the Squadron on a tour to Stockholm, Sweden, celebrating the Swedish
King Oscar's Silver Jubilee |
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March 31,
1900
- May 10, 1900 |
Training ship for the Mine Warfare School |
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May
15, 1900
- July 31, 1900 |
Operating as a fishery inspection ship and from August in the Training
Squadron |
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August 3, 1900
- October 6, 1900 |
In
the Training Squadron |
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August 1, 1903
- September 30, 1903 |
In
the Training Squadron |
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February 16, 1904
- March 5, 1904 |
Exercises in the Sound with The Copenhagen Coastal Defense |
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July 27, 1904
- September 30, 1904 |
In
the Training Squadron |
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September 30, 1904
- November 5, 1904 |
Fishery Inspection in the Kattegat |
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November 9, 1904
- November 24, 1904 |
Patrolling Danish water due to the passage of a Russian Squadron passing |
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February 16, 1905
- February 23, 1905 |
Together with SØBJØRNEN extraordinary fitted out, as the 3rd Russian
Squadron passed through Danish water on route to the Far East |
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July 29, 1905
- September 28, 1905 |
In
the Training Squadron |
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1914 |
Temporally decommissioned, but on a 12 hours stand by |
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August 1, 1914 |
Equipped and joining the Naval Floating Defense Squadron
at Copenhagen on August 2 |
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August 19, 1915 |
First Danish ship on the scene, when the
British submarine
E.13 ran aground at Saltholm.
44You
can read the complete story
here |
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July 7, 1916 |
Renamed Torpedobåd Nr. 5 and transferred to the Naval Reserve |
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Commanders |
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Date: |
Commanding Officer: |
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1888 |
Lieutenant V. C. A. Jøncke |
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1889 |
Lieutenant J. A. Vøhtz |
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1891 |
Commander C. F. Drechsel |
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1892 |
Lieutenant V. C. A. Jøncke |
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1894 |
Lieutenant F. C. B. Møller |
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1895 |
Lieutenant E. J. G. Brockmeyer |
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1897 |
Lieutenant C. M. With |
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March 31, 1900
- May 10, 1900 |
Lieutenant C. J. Hansen |
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May 15, 1900
- October 6, 1900 |
Lieutenant E. F. B. Wessel |
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1903 |
Lieutenant C. O. W. Späth |
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1904-1905 |
Lieutenant V. J. A. Harttung |
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July 29, 1905
- September 28, 1905 |
Lieutenant
H. L. E. Wenck |
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1915 |
Lieutenant
J. A. Thiele |
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Sources: |
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Oplysninger vedrørende den danske flaades
skibe i sidste aarhundrede, by
etatsråd H. Degenkolv, Copenhagen, 1906. |
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Torpedobåde gennem 100 år - Det danske
torpedobådsvåben 1879-1979, by Hans Garde & Hans Chr.
Bjerg, Marinehistorisk Selskab, Copenhagen,
1979 (ISBN 87-87720-02-7) |
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Vore orlogsskibe fra halvfemserne til nu, by Kay Larsen,
Nyt Nordisk Forlag/Arnold Busck, 1932 |
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Vore Torpedobaade gennem 75 Aar, by R. Steen Steensen,
Marinehistorisk Selskab, Copenhagen, 1953 |
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44You
are also referred to the
Naval Bibliography |
- Do you have photos
or other information on this ship?
Are you able to contribute to the unfolding of the
Danish Naval History,
please
e-mail me, enclosures are welcome.
Please remember to list your sources.
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Naval Web Forum on this web-site.
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