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Classification |
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Type: |
Torpedo Recovery Vessel |
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Class: |
n/a |
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Other Ships
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Specifications |
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Built by: |
Motal Mekaniska Verkstads AB, Sweden |
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Design: |
n/a |
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Laid down: |
n/a |
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Launched: |
1882 |
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Commissioned: |
1882 |
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Decommissioned: |
1948 |
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Pennant Number: |
n/a |
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Int'l Call Sign: |
GRFL
form January 1, 1934: OUGV |
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Displacement: |
110 tons |
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Dimensions: |
Length: |
Beam: |
Draught: |
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22.26 m |
4.58 m |
1.79 m |
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Complement: |
7 men |
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Propulsion: |
10 Hp, 2 screws |
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Range: |
n/a |
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Armament: |
None |
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Speed: |
8.5 knots |
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History |
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Date: |
Military Service: |
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1882-1916 |
Mainly used for transporting torpedoes
between the Naval Dockyard in Copenhagen and the Mine Station at
Bramsnæsvig, close to Holbæk |
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October 9, 1916 |
Accompanying the submarine
DYKKEREN during a training exercise in the Sound. Participated in
the rescue mission following the collision with a Norwegian steamer
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January 31, 1919 |
Rescued 6 men from a grounded German
"Dutch galliot" in the Bay of Koege |
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1920 |
Accompanying boat for submarines |
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August 29, 1954 |
Seized by the Germans and renamed
WALTER WITTENHAGEN |
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1944 |
Renamed MÖNKEBERG, and used as a
tug in Kiel, Germany |
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1947 |
Retrieved in Kiel, now refitted as a
passenger vessel |
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December 1947 |
Brought back to Sønderborg |
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1948 |
Returned to the Naval Dockyard in
Copenhagen, but was not returned to service |
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February 10, 1948 |
Decommissioned and announced for sale |
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November 27, 1957 |
Lost in Kattegat off Læsø Channel Light
Ship |
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Commanders |
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Commanding Officer: |
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n/a |
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Sources: |
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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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Vore orlogsskibe fra halvfemserne til nu, by Kay Larsen,
Nyt Nordisk Forlag/Arnold Busck, 1932 |
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are also referred to the
Naval Bibliography |
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