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Classification |
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Type: |
Coast Defense Ship |
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Class: |
n/a |
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Other Ships
in Class: |
None |
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Specifications |
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Built by: |
Royal Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen |
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Design: |
n/a |
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Laid down: |
1914 |
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Launched: |
July 3, 1918 |
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Commissioned: |
May 23, 1923 |
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Decommissioned: |
August 30, 1953 |
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Pennant Number: |
n/a |
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Int'l Call Sign: |
n/a |
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Displacement: |
3,400 tons |
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Dimensions: |
Length: |
Beam: |
Draught: |
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89.95 m |
16.30 m |
5.20 m |
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Complement: |
329 men |
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Propulsion: |
5,500 Hp. |
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Range: |
n/a |
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Armament: |
10 x 15 cm Guns
4 x 57 mm Anti Aircraft Guns
2 x 45 cm Torpedo Tubes |
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Speed: |
16 knots |
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History |
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Date: |
Military Service: |
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1923 |
Sea trials in Danish waters, thereafter
on tour to the Faeroe Islands, Bergen, Leith and Gothenburg |
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October 22, 1923
- March 1, 1924 |
On tour to South America |
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1924 |
Command Ship for the Artillery School,
and in September/October for the Training Squadron |
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1925 |
Flagship on a tour to the Baltic area,
and in the fall command ship for the Training Squadron |
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June 3, 1926
- June 27, 1926 |
On the Royal tour to the Faeroe Islands |
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September 15, 1926
- March 15, 1927 |
Flagship for the Ships Division |
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1927 |
On tour in Danish waters, thereafter
command ship for the Training Squadron |
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1928 |
Training ship for Decks Officers School,
thereafter with H. M. the King to Finland, and finally command ship
for the Training Squadron |
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1929 |
On tour to the Mediterranean area, and
upon return command ship for the Training Squadron |
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1903 |
On the Royal tour to the Faeroe Islands
and Iceland, thereafter training ship for Decks Officers School |
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1931 |
On tour to the Mediterranean area |
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1943 |
Exercises in Isefjorden |
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August 29, 1943 |
Grounded and partly destroyed by its own
crew after fight with German airplanes.
44Read
the
complete story here |
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1944-1945 |
The ship salvaged by the Germans and
used as a training ship, named NORDLAND |
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May 3, 1945 |
Sunk after allied air raids in
Eckernførde inlet. The wreckage was not salvaged. |
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March 19, 1952 |
The wreckage sold to Em. Z. Svitzer for
scrap |
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Notes |
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The wreck of NIELS IUEL is
located at 059o 29,00' North - 009o 58,00' East |
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Sources: |
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Danmarks Flaade, by Lieutenant Commander K. Dahl
and H. Hjorth-Nielsen,
Published by Selskabet til udgivelse af
Kulturskrifter, Copenhagen, 1934 |
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Danske Søofficerer 1933-1982, edited by
S. E. Pontoppidan and J. Teisen,
published by Søe-Lieutenant-Selskabet,
Copenhagen, 1984 |
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Flådens skibe og fartøjer 1945-1995, by
Gunnar Olsen and Svenn Storgaard, Marinehistoriske
skrifter, Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-13-2) |
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Officerer i den
Dansk-Norske Søetat 1660-1814 og den Danske Søetat 1814-1932, Bind I og II,
by
Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen og Emil
Marquard,
H. Hagerups Forlag, Copenhagen,
1935 |
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Vore orlogsskibe fra halvfemserne til nu, by Kay Larsen, Nyt
Nordisk Forlag/Arnold Busck, 1932 |
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44You are also referred to the
Naval Bibliography |
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