HDMS Fyen was a ship of the line of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy, built at Nyholm in 1736. In 1745, she was sold to the Danish Asiatic Company for use as a Chinaman. She sailed on three expeditions to Canton.
Fyen was constructed at Nyholm to designs by Diderich de Thurah. She was launched on 13 September 1736.[1]
Fyen was long with a beam of and a draught of . Her complement was 385 men. Her armament was 50 18-pounder guns.[2]
The ship proved to be a poor sailer and was therefore unsuitable for use as a warship. In 1745, she was sold to the Danish Asiatic Company.
Johan Ludwig Abbestée served as 1st supercargo on the expedition.[4] A boy of this name is mentioned in the Reformed Church's confirmation protocol from 1770, with the note "father in Tranquebar", indicating that he was the son of Hermann Abbestée in an otherwise undocumented, earlier marriage.[5]
Back in Copenhagen in 1751, she was deemed in too poor a condition for further voyages. In February 1752, she was sold at auction and broken up.
A 1:18 scale model of the ship dating from its time of construction is in the collection of the Royal Danish Naval Museum.