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DANISH ROYAL NAVY (DENMARK)

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HAVMANDEN submarines

Havmanden 1940

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Havmanden H1 Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen 8/1936 19/6/1937 8/1938 scuttled 29/8/1943
Havfruen H2 Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen 9/1936 6/11/1937 5/1939 scuttled 29/8/1943
Havkalen H3 Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen 11/1936 3/3/1938 7/1939 scuttled 29/8/1943
Havhesten H4 Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen 6/1939 11/7/1940 9/1942 scuttled 29/8/1943

   

 

Displacement standard, t

320

Displacement normal, t

335 / 407

Length, m

47.5

Breadth, m

4.65

Draught, m

2.84

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Burmeister & Wain diesels / 2 Brown-Boveri electric motors

Power, h. p.

1200 / 450

Max speed, kts

15.3 / 7.2

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

Havmanden, Havfruen, Havkalen: 2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors M36, 2 x 1 - 8/80, 5 - 450 TT (3 bow, 2 stern, 5)

Havhesten: 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors M36, 2 x 1 - 8/80, 5 - 450 TT (3 bow, 2 stern, 5)

Complement

25

Diving depth operational, m  

Ship project history: Project of Danish Admiralty. Building of the fifth submarine of this class, Í5, was cancelled after German invasion in 1940.

Modernizations: 1940, Havmanden, Havfruen, Havkalen: - 1 x 1 - 40/56

Naval service:  All submarines were scuttled by crews 29/8/1943 in Copenhagen.

Havmanden 1938

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