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Aug 10, 2015 · It was Denmark. The Danes' remarkable story of heroism is worth remembering in this the 70th year since the end of the war ... contrary to what happened in other countries, Denmark’s populace ...
- Coastal Monitor Peder Skram
- Armored Cruiser Niels Juel
- Danish Torpedo Boats
- Danish Submersibles
- Danish Minelayers
- Danish Minesweepers
- Fishery Protection Vessels
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The HDMS Peder Skram was the third modified sister-ship of the Herluf Trolle class(3700 tons, 1899 and 1903). Both ships were stricken in 1932 and 1936. Olfert Fischer served as a target ship both for the air force and naval air force bombers. For several days she cruised the Faxte Bug in October 1936, with a skeleton crew on board which cared for ...
Admiralty Model of the Niels Juel at the Royal Arsenalen Museum (2017 photo) Part coastal battleship, part cruiser, the HDMS Niels Iuel was laid down in September 1914. Sightly larger than Peder Skram, she featured a more modern propulsion with mixed coal/oil boilers, and a heavier armament of two 12-inch guns (at least in the initial design), and ...
The torpedo boat Najaden, lead ship of the free Danish flotilla, in 1944. The Danes Coastal defence policy favored both the Torpedo Boats and submarines, and numerous classes has been services over the years. At the eve of WW1, no less than thirteen classes of these boats were in service, but far less at the eve of WW2. Among the classes discarded ...
The first Danish submersible was HDMS Dykkeren in 1909. Followed the prewar class Havmanden (6 boats, 1911-12) all discarded in 1928-32, while the ÆGIR (1915), ROTA (1920) and DAPHNE (1926) were all active in 1939. New constructions cut short by wartime were the HAVMANDEN class, for some completed in 1942.
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A 463 tons minelayer/Submarine Depot ship armed with a single 75 mm/52 M.12 and 80 mines. She was propelled by two diesels for a total of 900 hp and 13.2 knots. Scuttled in 1943 at Holmen to avoid capture, she was refloated and started a new career with the Kriegsmarine as Prenzlau. She ended her career with the East German Navy during the cold war.
Lindormen
A single, 614 tons ship launched in 1940, scuttled in 1943 and later refloated by the Germans, used as V1601. She was retroceded and served until 1969. She was 53 x 8 x 2.40 m, propelled by two VTE engines fed by two Thornycroft boilers, rated for 1000 hp, and 14 knots. She was armed with a single 75 mm gun on the forecastle, and three 20 mm guns AA on the rear superstructure, after the main island. She could carry and laid 150 mines.
Minekran NR.5 class
Two ships built and launched in 1917 and 1918, in service during both wars. They were 186 tons, 27 m long and propelled by two Bergsund surface-ignition heavy-oil motors and 2 electric motors for a combined power of 290 hp, able to reach 8 knots. They were armed a single 37mm/38 Bofors and could lay 60 mines. Both were scuttled in 1943, salvaged and reused by the Germans, scuttled again in 1945, then served with the East German Navy as Fürstenberg and Prenzlau until the 1970s.
Söbjörnen class
Six minesweepers built at Copenhague, 270/304 ton ships 54 x 6.3 x 2 m in size, propelled by a single Atlas Geared turbine fed by a Thornycroft boiler, 2200 hp for 18 knots and 30 ton of oil in reserve. They were armed with two 75 mm guns, two 20 mm AA and two twin 8 mm AA MGs. All were scuttled in August 1943, renamed by then MA-1-MA6. Refloated, four served with the Kriegsmarine until 1945. They survived until 1959-62.
MS1 class
These ten small 70 tons boats (24 x 4.6 x 1.5 m) propelled by a 250 hp diesel to 10.5 knots were armed with a single 20 mm and a twin 8 mm MG. Three escaped to Sweden, three were scuttled in August 1943, and four were captured by the Germans and served with the Kriegsmarine. MS4 was destroyed but all the rest survived the war. They were renamed, modernized after the war and served until 1968-71.
Although Conways enhanced only four of these ships, gunboats size, there were more in service during the war: HVIDBJØRNEN (1929), MAAGEN, a cutter (1932), INGOLF (1934), HEJMDAL (1935), TERNEN (a cutter of 1937), and FREJA (1939). In addition there were the BESKYTTEREN, a patrol ship of 1900 and the Diana (1917), and the Islands Falk (1906). This w...
http://www.navalhistory.dk/English/Naval_Lists/Periods/1939_45.htm Otzen, Theis (21 April 2015) Gentofte Lokalavisen “The Germans Attacked Sorgenfri Palace”. http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Danish_Brigade_in_Sweden http://www.navalhistory.dk/Danish/Historien/1939_1945/DenDanskeFlotille.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Danish_Navy https://en.wikip...
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Mar 12, 2024 · What happened to the Norwegian and Danish Royal Families during WW2? The Norwegian and Danish royal families faced varying fates during World War II. King Christian X of Denmark, as mentioned earlier, was imprisoned by the Germans.
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Dec 12, 2023 · At the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, Denmark declared itself neutral but found its position becoming increasingly precarious as the war escalated. On April 9, 1940, German forces invaded Denmark, encountering minimal resistance. As a result, Denmark was occupied by Germany for the duration of the war.
Over 80 years ago, on April 9, 1940, neutral Denmark was invaded by the Nazis on orders from Adolf Hitler. In just a few hours, the German Army had overwhelmed Denmark's army and navy, and ...
Jun 21, 2023 · Germany invaded Denmark and Norway on April 9, 1940. Known as Operation Weserübung, the invasion occurred for two reasons: first, so Germany could obtain naval bases to then use against the British, and second, to secure crucial iron-ore shipment from neutral Sweden. However, these military operations would have even more profound consequences.
Jul 27, 2015 · 1. Denmark was mostly "liberated" by a surrender of German armed forces in the Netherlands, Northwest Germany, and Denmark to British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery This took place on May 4, 1945 at Luneberg Heath, Germany. This surrender was initiated by the Flensburg government in nearby Flensburg, Germany, under Admiral Karl Doenitz, who ...
