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December |
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1st |
1967 |
The Naval Material Command is established. Rear Admiral S. J. Valentiner is
appointed the first Chief-in-Command. |
2nd |
1977 |
The frigate HERLUF TROLLE becomes the first Danish ship to perform a planned launch of a HARPOON training missile. |
3rd |
1952 |
The
torpedo boat HAVØRNEN (ex. T 53) runs aground at Scroby Sands off Great Yarmouth, England,
during an exercise. |
4th |
1990 |
The submarine
SÆLEN sank off the island of Hesselø during a towing
form Copenhagen to Aarhus. |
14th |
1911 |
The Naval Aviators Service is established. Lieutenant Hans C. Ullidtz is appointed the first leader of the first Naval Flying School. |
14th |
1918 |
The
torpedo boat SVÆRDFISKEN, Lieutenant Ole H. Quaade,
is hit by a mine during sweeping a German mine field in the southern part of
the Great Belt ("Storebælt"). |
21st |
1815 |
The brig BORNHOLM, Commander Ulrich A. Schönheyder, on tour to the Mediterranean and the West Indies 1815-1817, makes peace with Tripoli, causing that several crews, held as slaves, were released. |
21st |
1939 |
Commander s.g. F. H. Kjøllsen is appointed the 1st Danish Naval Attaché at the Royal Danish Legation in Berlin, Germany. |
24th |
1811 |
The British ships-of-the-line ST. GEORG and DEFENCE, of the
British fleet in Danish waters commanded by Vice Admiral Sir James Saumarez,
ran aground off Torsminde at the west coast of Jutland and where lost. |
28th |
1908 |
The light cruiser HEJMDAL, Commander J. H. Schultz, on tour to the Mediterranean, is bringing relief aid to the casualties after the great earthquake at Messina, Sicily. |
31st |
1917 |
The Submarine and Sea Plane Flotilla is established. Captain T. A. Topsøe-Jensen is appointed the first commander. |
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