Trefoldighed (ship, 1642)
The Trefoldighed was a fourth rank warship of the Danish-Norwegian Navy in the 17th century. She served King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway as the flagship during the Swedish-Danish War 1643–1645 .
Construction and technical data
The ship was built in Neustadt in Holstein in 1642 . In the battery deck it was 44.57 m long and 11.30 m wide and had a draft of 5.02 m aft . The information on armament and crew are different and both are likely to have changed over the years. In 1642 four 36-pounders, 18 24-pounders and 22 12-pounders are mentioned, giving a broadside weight of 840 pounds. In 1643 48 cannons are mentioned. The crew numbered at least 265 men.
history
The Trefoldighed was King Christian IV's flagship in the sea battle in Lister Tief on May 16, 1644 and in the sea battle on the Kolberger Heide on July 1, 1644, in which Christian commanded the third squadron and lost an eye. The event was later processed in the Danish royal anthem Kong Kristian stod ved højen mast .
The ship was partially demolished in 1657 and used to build the successor ship, the third tier warship Trefoldighed .
Footnotes
- ↑ 142 × 36 × 16 Danish feet; 1 Danish foot = 313.8536 mm.
- ↑ http://felipe.mbnet.fi/Denmark/Denmark_ships_1600-1649/denmark_ships_1600-1649.html
- ^ Roger Charles Anderson: Naval Wars in the Baltic during the Sailing-Ship Epoch, 1522-1850 . C. Gilbert-Wood, London, 1910, pp. 48 & 52
- ↑ Numbers of up to 321 men are also mentioned, but this is probably due to a confusion with the successor to their name, built in 1657.
literature
- Niels M. Probst: Den danske flådes historie 1588-1660: Christian 4.s flåde. Marinehistorisk Selskap, Skrifter 26, Copenhagen, 1996, ISBN 87-00-28586-2