HDMS Indfødsretten (lit. Citizenship) was a ship of the line of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy, launched in 1776. She sank in an unknown location in the Atlantic Ocean on her way back from Tranquebar in 1783.
.jpg) Indfødsretten flanked by the frigates Kongens af Danmark and Disklo and with the Swedish frigate Finland in the background, 1781.
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| Name | Indfødsretten |
| Namesake | Danish Citizenship Act of 1776 |
| Builder | Henrik Gerner, Nyholm, Copenhagen |
| Laid down | 18 December 1779 |
| Launched | 25 November 1780 |
| Fate | Sank in 1783 |
| General characteristics [1][2] | |
| Type | Ship of the line |
| Length | 158 ft (48 m) |
| Beam | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 559 |
| Armament | 64 guns |
Construction and design
editIndfødsretten was constructed at Nyholm Dockyard to a design by Henrik Gerner. She was laid down on 25 March 1775, launched on 11 May 1776 and the construction was completed in 1778.[3]
She was 158 ft (48 m) with a beam of 43 ft (13 m) and a draught of 18 ft (5.5 m). Her complement was 559 men and her armament was 60 24-pounder guns.[3]
Career
editIn 1781, together with Kongens af Danmark and Diskom she was used for escorting Danish Chinamen and Eastindiamen.
On 9 June 1782, she sailed from Copenhagen, bound for Cape Town and Tranquebar. She arrived at Tranquebar on 10 January 1783. She departed from Tranquebar in February, reaching Cape Town in June. She departed from Cape Town on 23 June 1783, bound for Copenhagen. She sank on the way back in an unknown location somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. A barkasse and a yard from the ship stranded on the south coast of Iceland.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Indfødsretten (1786)". Royal Danish Naval Museum (in Danish). 2009. Archived from the original on 28 December 2005. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ Danish Naval Museum - Indfødsretten Archived 2020-07-04 at the Wayback Machine - a single technical drawing can be seen by clicking "Vis"
- ^ a b "Indfødsretten (1776)". Trap Danmark (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Indfødsretten". jmarcussen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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