The Dronning Caroline Mathilde , in 1772 Øresund renamed, was a two-decker - Battleship third rank with 70 cannons of the Danish-Norwegian Navy. The ship was named after Caroline Mathilde , wife of King Christian VII of Denmark and Norway; it was renamed Øresund in 1772 during the spectacular royal divorce process .
The ship was built by master shipbuilder FM Krabbe (1725–1796) at the Nyholm naval shipyard (today part of the Christianshavn district of Copenhagen ) as the last of three ships in its class. The two sister ships were the Prins Frederik, launched in 1764 , and the Norske Løve, launched in 1765 .
The Dronning Caroline Mathilde was laid down in 1765 , launched on December 6, 1766 and entered service in 1768. The three-masted ship was 52 m long in the keel, was 14 m wide, and had a draft of 6.30 m aft and 5.90 m forward. The armament consisted of 26 iron 24-pounders in the lower battery deck , 26 18-pounders in the upper battery deck and 18 8-pounders on the bow and stern forts . The combat crew consisted of 667 men.
The ship was mostly on watch duty in Öresund and other Danish waters, sailed with the fleet during their summer maneuvers, and was retired in 1802.
