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NIELS IUEL (1923-1943)
(In English: n/a)

Aritlleriskibet NIELS IUEL

Coast Defense Ship NIELS IUEL.
(Photo: Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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Classification

Type:

Coast Defense Ship

Class:

n/a

Other Ships
in Class:

None

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Specifications

Built by:

Royal Naval Dock Yard, Copenhagen

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

1914

Launched:

July 3, 1918

Commissioned:

May 23, 1923

Decommissioned:

August 30, 1953

Pennant Number:

n/a

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

3,400 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

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89.95 m

16.30 m

5.20 m

Complement:

329 men

Propulsion:

5,500 Hp.

Range:

n/a

Armament:

10 x 15 cm Guns
4 x 57 mm Anti Aircraft Guns
2 x 45 cm Torpedo Tubes

Speed:

16 knots

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History

Date:

Military Service:

1923

Sea trials in Danish waters, thereafter on tour to the Faeroe Islands, Bergen, Leith and Gothenburg

October 22, 1923
- March 1, 1924

On tour to South America

1924

Command Ship for the Artillery School, and in September/October for the Training Squadron

1925

Flagship on a tour to the Baltic area, and in the fall command ship for the Training Squadron

June 3, 1926
- June 27, 1926

On the Royal tour to the Faeroe Islands

September 15, 1926
- March 15, 1927

Flagship for the Ships Division

1927

On tour in Danish waters, thereafter command ship for the Training Squadron

1928

Training ship for Decks Officers School, thereafter with H. M. the King to Finland, and finally command ship for the Training Squadron

1929

On tour to the Mediterranean area, and upon return command ship for the Training Squadron

1903

On the Royal tour to the Faeroe Islands and Iceland, thereafter training ship for Decks Officers School

1931

On tour to the Mediterranean area

1943

Exercises in Isefjorden

August 29, 1943

Grounded and partly destroyed by its own crew after fight with German airplanes.

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1944-1945

The ship salvaged by the Germans and used as a training ship, named NORDLAND

May 3, 1945

Sunk after allied air raids in Eckernførde inlet. The wreckage was not salvaged.

March 19, 1952

The wreckage sold to Em. Z. Svitzer for scrap

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Commanders

Date:

Commanding Officer:

May 23, 1923

Rear Admiral T. A. Topsøe-Jensen

October 22, 1923
- March 1, 1924

Captain A. Bojesen

1925

Captain G. C. Amdrup

June 3,  1926
- June, 27 1926

Commander Godfred Hansen

1927 og 1928

Commander s.g. H. C. Gad

1930

Commander s.g. Godfred Hansen

1931

Captain Godfred Hansen

1943

Commander s.g. Carl Westermann

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Notes

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

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography

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