HDMS Dykkeren

History
Royal Danish Navy
Name	Dykkeren
Builder	FIAT San Giorgio
Launched	18 July 1909
Commissioned	29 September 1909
Decommissioned	13 June 1917
Fate	Scrapped in 1917
General characteristics
Displacement	105 t (103 long tons), surfaced 132 t (130 long tons), submerged
Length	34.65 m (113 ft 8 in)
Beam	3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph), surfaced 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph), submerged
Range	c. 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi)
Complement	12
Armament	2 × torpedo tubes

Dykkeren before launch

HDMS Dykkeren was the first Danish submarine built by FIAT San Giorgio for the Royal Danish Navy and commissioned in 1909.^[1] In 1910, Dykkeren was equipped with radiotelegraphy equipment, thereby becoming one of the first submarines in the world to have this.^[2] In 1916, Dykkeren collided with a ship, causing the submarine to sink, everyone apart from the chief, First Lieutenant Christensen, is saved.^[3]

References

1. København før og nu, og aldrig: Holmen og Orlogsvaerftet (in Danish). Fogtdal. 1993. pp. 174–. Den første dansk-byggede undervandsbåd Havfruen, som her ses under sejlads ud for København i juni 1914 sammen med søsterskibet ... Søværnets Fotoarkiv. godkendtes, og i 1908-10 blev kasernen bygget med sydfløjens gavl op til Arresthuset, og med en ... På grundlag heraflod ministeriet i 1907 undervandsbåden Dykkeren bygge i Italien med henblik på prøver og forsøg i danske farvande.
2. Balsved, Johnny. "DYKKEREN (1909-1917)". navalhistory.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 October 2018.
3. "Første Verdenskrig (Danmark neutralt)". Arma-Dania.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 8 October 2018.

Bibliography

• Ubåden DYKKEREN. Byggekontrakt 1908: Contract for the building and delivery of a submarine torpedo-boat for the Royal Danish Marine Ministry. 1908.