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The Clevische Lindenbaum (ex Swedish Förgyllda Lejonet 'Gilded Lion' ) was a Brandenburg warship that was used in the Second Northern War . The name probably comes from the Klevische Linde , which is mentioned for the first time in 1463. The ship belonged to a small flotilla stationed in Pillau , which was commanded by Colonel Johann von Hille (* around 1619, † 1684), who had acquired nautical skills in the Republic of the Seven United Provinces . The final fate of the ship is unknown.
history
According to a Swedish fleet list, the ship was probably built in Stockholm in 1654 as the Förgyllda Lejonet . In 1655 it ran aground near Memel and was abandoned by the crew. It was salvaged by the Brandenburgers in 1656, repaired and put into service as the Clevischer Lindenbaum . The salvage and repairs were carried out by the Königsberg shipbuilder Lübbert Harmsen. In the literature, the ship is referred to as a frigate or small frigate ship. Apart from the size, there are no technical data. Again according to the Swedish list, the size was 100 to 150 t. According to the equipment list of 1658 (see below) the ship had three masts ( fore mast , main mast , mizzen mast ).
In an inventory list of the Clevische Lindenbaum , which was drawn up on July 3, 1658, the following items of equipment are recorded:
Sail:
- 1 mizzen sail
- 1 mainsail
- 1 large topsail
- 1 foresail
- 1 forward sail
- 1 blind person with three bonnets
Armament:
- 10 cannons (metal pieces)
- 10 gun ports
- 8 muskets
- 5 carabiners
- 6 pistols
- 10 sabers
- 6 cartridge belts
- 4 cartridge pockets
- 4 tensioners
- 12 pikes
- 5 powder bottles
- 10 quintals of powder
- 300 pieces of iron balls
- 57 grapes
- 24 grenades
- 100 pound musket balls
Other equipment:
- 1 heavy anchor
- 2 warpankers
- 2 buoy ladders
- 1 sloop (apparently as a dinghy) with six oars
- 1 buoy
- 1 lantern
Crew: According to a pay list from 1657, the crew consisted of a total of 28 men:
- 1 Captain (Captain)
- 1 skipper
- 1 helmsman (striker)
- 1 high boatman
- 1 high boatman's mate
- 1 Konstabler (Constabel)
- 1 constable mate
- 1 carpenter
- 1 sail maker
- 8 boat journeymen (presumably sailors )
- 1 half boat journeyman
- 2 boys ( cabin boys )
- 1 corporal (Corporal)
- 2 private (Gefreyte)
- 3 soldiers
May have been in use in addition Infantry as provisional Marines embarked.
In October 1658 the Clevische Lindenbaum was involved in a bombardment of a Swedish fortress near Elbing . At the end of October an operation took place on the mouth of the Vistula in the Frischen Haff . On May 9, 1659, a Brandenburg frigate shelled the Jungfernschanze near Elbing; it was probably the Clevische Lindenbaum .
In 1661 the ship was sold to an unknown person, the final fate is unknown. The electoral ship commander, Colonel von Hille, died in 1684 at the age of 75 or 76 as governor of the Friedrichsburg fortress near Königsberg.
Fictional illustration
In Heinrich Smidt's novella “Der Kaper” (originally published in 1861 as “Der Kaper. Eine Kur-Brandenburgische Seenovelle”), which was revised in 1943, the Clevische Lindenbaum is reproduced as a three- master .
literature
- Roger C. Anderson : Naval wars in the Baltic 1522-1850. London 1910, reprint 1969.
- Kurt Petsch: Seafaring for Brandenburg-Prussia 1650-1815. History of Naval Battles, Overseas Offices and State Trading Companies. Osnabrück (Biblio-Verlag) 1986. ISBN 3-7648-1192-7
- Heinrich Smidt : The caper. In: Paul M. Brandt / Hanna Barth (ed.): Wind force 9. A selection of fascinating sea stories. Bayreuth (Gauverlag Bayreuth) 1943, pp. 5–42, illustration on p. 15.