Danish Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Gyldenløve' (1669)

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Gyldenløve
Nominal Guns	52	W006
Nationality	Denmark
Operator	Dano-Norwegian navy
Launched	1669	W006
How acquired	Purpose built	W006
Shipyard	Christiania - Copenhagen	W006
Category	Fourth Rate	W006
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	W006
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	W006
Condemned	1709	W006

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentW006
Length of Gundeck122' 3"Danish Fod (Feet)38.3238 (118′ 4″ Imperial)
Breadth31' 1"Danish Fod (Feet)9.7633 (30′ 1″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold13' 9"Danish Fod (Feet)4.1618 (12′ 10″ Imperial)

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1669228 W006

Service History

DateEventSource
25.5.1676Battle of Bornholm
1.6.1677Battle of Møn
12.8.1694Captured by the English but later releasedNWB

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NWBRoger Charles Anderson, Book

W006Teemu Koivumaki, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by TopNard on Tuesday 25th of October 2016 09:26

Armament of Gyldenløve should be very similar to this:
24-12, 22-6, 10-4

Posted by TopNard on Monday 24th of October 2016 23:06

56-guns, crew 268 (1679)
12 pdrs. main guns

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Sunday 14th of June 2026 04:20	Jon Miller	Henry WickhamBritish Naval Sailor Service 1685-1693
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