Fredericus Quartus
(ex Stora Christianus Quintus)
| Construction Data |
Infos |
Source |
| Type |
1st rate, 3-decker (orlogsskib)
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|
| Class |
Fredericus Quartus class
|
2
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| Shipyard (Yd No.) |
Nyholm
|
2
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| Designer |
Olaus Judichaer
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2
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| Ordered |
|
|
| Laid down |
1699
|
2
|
| Launched |
19.12.1699
|
2
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| Completed |
|
|
| Commissioned |
|
|
| End |
1732
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2
|
| |
|
Sources |
| Displacement |
1695 laests
|
1,2
|
| Dimensions |
185ft x 50ft x 21ft/ 22ft6in (20ft2in/22ft2in)
185ft x 50ftx 20ft2in (fore), 22ft 6in (aft) |
1
2
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| Propulsion |
|
|
| Armament |
110 guns:
28x36 pdr, 28x18 pdr, 28x12 pdr, 20x6 pdr, 6x4 pdr
|
1
|
| Crew |
950
|
1
|
| Date |
Event |
Source |
| |
|
|
| 1732 |
condemned |
1.2 |
Sources
1. http://koti.mbnet.fi/felipe/
2. http://www.milhist.dk/vaaben/vands/holmen_ships/holmen_ships_uk.htm
Notes. The Fredericus Quartus was the largest ship of the line ever constructed for the Danish navy. One of less thana dozen Danish ships of the line to have carried 36 pdr guns. Originally named "Store Christianus Quintus" after the reigning king at the time she was designed her name was changed to "Fredericus Quartus" upon Frederick IV's accession to the Danish throne. In contrary to the Danish flagships of the 17th century, the ship never became involved in "close quarter action" with Swedish warships in contrary to the Danish flagships of the 17th century. "Fredericus Quartus" was one of the most beautifully decorated Danish battleships of her day, though possibly the design of her ornamentation did not rate as highly as the "Elefanten" of 1703. Judichær's complete and richly detailed colored design drawings of the carvings and decorative scheme for the "Fredericus Quartus' " bow, figurehead, and stern galleries survive in the Danish archives.
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