Dannebrog (ship, 1879)
 Dannebrog, 1907
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The Dannebrog was the first royal yacht ( Danish Kongeskibet [ ˈkɔŋəsgiːʔbəð ] "royal ship") of the Danish royal family. The yacht was named after the flag of Denmark , the Dannebrog . It served the Danish kings Christian IX. , Friedrich VIII. And Christian X. as a floating residence for over 53 years . The royal yacht was decommissioned in 1932 and sold for scrapping in 1934. The successor since 1932 is the yacht Dannebrog , which is still used today by the Danish royal family .
The first Dannebrog was a Seitenraddampfer of the October 6, 1879 at the shipyard Burmeister & Wain (109 hull number) in Copenhagen was launched was and put into service on June 7 1880th
The Dannebrog was armed with two 57-mm revolver cannons and a 40-cm mirror spotlight. The top speed after the major overhaul in 1907 was 13.4 knots . The yacht had a crew of 56.
After the more modern cadet training ship (Danish artilleriskib) Niels Juel was put into service in 1923, it was converted into a royal ship for longer journeys. Later, plans were made for the Dannebrog royal yacht (commissioned in 1932), which is still in use today and with which the royal family could travel the local waters and the North Atlantic.
Stations of the Dannebrog during their service
- 1880 to 1892 - In the summer months voyages in Danish waters and occasional visits to foreign ports.
- 1893 - Journey to England, escorted by the cruiser Valkyrien on the occasion of the wedding of the future King George V and Princess Maria von Teck .
- 1902 - Travel to Aarhus on the occasion of the handover of Marselisborg Castle as a wedding present to Crown Prince Christian and Princess Alexandrine , who later became King Christian X of Denmark.
- November 23, 1905 to December 1, 1905 - The Danish Prince Carl crossed over to Norway with his British wife Maud , who had accepted the election of King of Norway as Haakon VII in 1905 . The Dannebrog was escorted by the coastal armored ship Olfert Fischer and the protected cruiser Gejser .
- June 15, 1906 to July 2, 1906 - Journey to Trondheim in Norway on the occasion of the coronation of King Haakon VII and Queen Maud, accompanied by the coastal armored ship Herluf Trolle and the protected cruiser Hekla .
- December 1906 to 1907 - major overhaul during which the ship was lengthened to 72 meters and the main engine was replaced. The displacement increased to 1,100 tons.
- 1909 - in the summer months voyages in Danish waters, from 11 to 23 July 1909 voyage to Russia , escorted by the cruiser Gejser .
- May 14, 1912 to May 17, 1912 - Travel together with the coastal armored ship Olfert Fischer to Travemünde to bring the coffin of the Danish King Friedrich VIII, who died in Hamburg on May 14, 1912, back to Copenhagen.
- 1913 - trips in the Danish waters in the summer months, as well as visits to Landskrona (Sweden) and Rostock as well as Poland
- 1914 - Visits to Sheerness , Dover , Calais and Amsterdam , as well as voyages in Danish waters
- 1914 to 1918 - trailers during the First World War
- 1919 - Travels in Danish waters during the summer months
- July 9, 1920 to July 17, 1920 - Trip to Sønderjylland on the occasion of the reunification of North Schleswig with Denmark on July 10, 1920
- 1921 to 1931 - voyages in Danish waters during the summer months
- June 1934 - sold for scrapping
Web links
- Rønne Byarkiv - Kongeskibet i Rønne from 1912 to around 1931 (pictures of the Dannebrog in Rønne / Bornholm from 1912 to 1931)
- Data on the Dannebrog
Individual evidence
- ↑ Construction list of the Burmeister & Wain shipyard , (Danish), accessed on September 12, 2019
- ↑ Finn Hillmose - Kongeskibet Dannebrog og andre kongeskibe , (Danish), accessed on September 10, 2019
- ↑ Flåden historie - Dannebrog (1880-1931) , (Danish), accessed on September 11, 2019
- ↑ Flåden historie - Dannebrog (1880–1931) , (Danish), accessed on September 11, 2019