Friedrich Wilhelm on horseback
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 Model of the ship in the Sugar Museum Berlin |
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| Ship data | ||
| Surname: | Friedrich Wilhelm on horseback | |
| Keel laying : | 1680 | |
| Launching ( ship christening ) : | April 25, 1681 | |
| Completion: | October 1684 | |
| Builder: | GC Peckelhering in Pillau | |
| Crew: | 160-250 men | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Type: | Two-decker , classified as a frigate | |
| Length over all: | 125 feet | |
| Width: | 34 feet | |
| Drive: | sail | |
| Draft: | 13 feet | |
The Friedrich Wilhelm on horseback was the flagship of the Kurbrandenburg Navy from 1684 to 1693.
Ship history
The construction of the two-deck ship began in 1680 and was carried out by Gillis C. Peckelhering in Pillau . The ship was launched on April 25, 1681 in Pillau. It was then completed in Königsberg and put into service in October 1684. The construction costs of Friedrich Wilhelm on horseback, classified as a frigate, amounted to 70,000 guilders .
The ship was converted into a slave ship.
In 1685 the ship was moved from Pillau to the new home port in Emden . In September 1691 it served as a convoy on the route from Emden to the Shetland Islands . In July 1692, the Friedrich Wilhelm set out on horseback from Emden towards West Africa and the West Indies . On October 31, 1693 ship to 22 clock was twenty western nautical miles from Cape Spartel of three French ships and Brander attacked and applied. The ship burned down completely on November 1, 1693 and was lost.
The maximum armament envisaged in the construction was 60 cannons. In 1692, however, the ship was armed with only 20 twelve and five three pounder cannons.
The number of crew on the ship also fluctuated between 160 and 250 men during its service. In 1687, 250 sailors and 50 soldiers served on the ship, in 1689 150 sailors and 50 soldiers and in 1692 160 men served on the ship. Jan le Sage was the captain of the ship.
Handicrafts
A silver model of the frigate “Friedrich Wilhelm on horseback” was part of a centerpiece and is in the exhibition of the Military History Museum of the Bundeswehr . The entire ensemble of the centerpiece consisted of 25 silver ship models and was a gift for the silver wedding anniversary of the German imperial couple in 1906.
literature
- Hartmut Nöldeke : The frigate "Friedrich Wilhelm on horseback" and her ship surgeon . Koehler, Herford 1990, ISBN 3-7822-0489-1 .
- Ulrich van der Heyden: Red eagles on Africa's coast. The Brandenburg-Prussian colony Großfriedrichsburg in West Africa . Selignow-Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-933889-04-9 .