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Who am I?
- Hallo,
I am Johnny Erik Balsved, (born 1948) and I have
appointed myself the Webmaster of this site, primarily covering the Royal Danish Naval
history since 1801.
Naval
history has been the primary hobby for the most of my life.
My
special interests cover the period when the naval world changed from wooden
hulls into steel, from sail into steam and from muzzle loaders to breech loading
guns.
My own naval
background
Brought
up by a father that spend most of his life in the merchant Navy as a radio
operator.
My own
"naval career" started in November 1964, joining the Royal Danish Naval
Quartermasters Corps.
During my
first 5 years of service, I was privileged to serve on some fine ships:
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Johnny Erik Balsved,
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Tender/Training Ship
ÆGIR (A560)
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The Submarine Squadron and the tender
HENRIK GERNER (A542)
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The Fast Patrol Boat Squadron (MTB's) and the tender
HJÆLPEREN (A563)
Realizing
that we are all getting older, I have to admit that all the fine ships I have
served on, have now been decommissioned for some years.
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The corvette
OLFERT
FISCHER is here spotted far away from home, in the Suez Canal, 1990.
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In 1977,
I was appointed Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Danish Naval Home Guard and CO of
Naval Home Guard Flotilla 365, Copenhagen.
1988,
appointed Department Manager, and Commander of the Supply Section at Naval Base Copenhagen.
During
this period I also acted as the logistic coordinator for the Danish corvette
OLFERT
FISCHER (F355) during its station in the Persian Gulf 1990 - 1991.
Later participating in the
project groups dealing with the dismantling of the Naval Base.
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Reducing the more than 300 years old historical main base to a naval station and
transferring the Naval ships to the provincial Naval Bases.
Finally
ending my "naval career" at Naval Station Holmen (Copenhagen) at the end of 1994, after
almost 30 years of duty.
My
personal
background
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Born in
the center of Copenhagen back in 1948.
However, now living with my wife, Kirsten, in the small city of
Havnsø in the north
western part of Zealand.
From the
windows we have a clear view to the small island of Nekselø, the bay and the
local yachting club, just
great.
We also have a glance view to the Naval Artillery Course, just to the direct
north, and quite the bay is visited by naval vessels.
Our house is today the base area for this website,
besides from off course also being the
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The view from our House in Havnsø,
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playground for both our children, sons-in-law and
daughters-in-law, and an increasing number of grand childrens.
You can
contribute to this website
Your
contribution to the improvement of this website is most welcome. You can
contribute by sending a story or signing the
Guest Book or
just using the
Naval
History Web Forum on this site.
Anyhow,
feel free to email me at any time.
But please be patient; a lot of e-mails hits my
mailbox every day.
The Webmaster, Johnny Balsved, paying a visit
to the old
Captain
in the commanders cabin on board the frigate JYLLAND.
- Do you miss a major event on this Site,
or do you hold a great story?
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.
You
can also use the
Naval
Web Forum on this web-site.
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