Havmanden 1940
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Havmanden | H1 | Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen | 8.1936 | 19.6.1937 | 8.1938 | scuttled 29.8.1943, salvaged and recommissioned 1946, stricken 7.1950 | |
Havfruen | H2 | Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen | 9.1936 | 6.11.1937 | 5.1939 | scuttled 29.8.1943, salvaged and recommissioned 1946, stricken 7.1950 | |
Havkalen | H3 | Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen | 11.1936 | 3.3.1938 | 7.1939 | scuttled 29.8.1943, salvaged and recommissioned 1946, stricken 7.1950 | |
Havhesten | H4 | Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen | 6.1939 | 11.7.1940 | 9.1942 | scuttled 29.8.1943, salvaged and recommissioned 1946, stricken 7.1950 |
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 - 40/60 Bofors M36, 2 x 1 - 8.80, 5 - 450 TT (3 bow, 2 stern, 5) Havhesten: 1 x 1 - 40/60 Bofors M36, 2 x 1 - 8.80, 5 - 450 TT (3 bow, 2 stern, 5) |
Electronic equipment | presumably hydrophone |
Complement |
25 |
Diving depth operational, m |
Project history: Design 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 - 40/60
Naval service: All submarines were scuttled by crews 29.8.1943 at Copenhagen.
Havmanden 1938
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