HDMS Trost explained
Two ships named Trost served with the Dano-Norwegian navy between 1602 and 1653.
- Trost or Hunden Trost (1602) was a little ship with a crew of 48 men and 16 cannon. She was decommissioned in 1621.[1]
- Trost (1625) was a pinnace with a crew of 68 and 20 (or 16?) cannon which served from 1625 to 1653.[2]
The name is German rather than Danish; the vessel is sometimes referenced in translation as the Comfort or the Consolation. The name, however, probably refers to one of the Queen Anne Catherine of Brandenburg's lapdogs and the vessel is also referenced as Hunden ("Dog") and Skjodehunden ("Lapdog").[3]
Trost (1602)
| -- age of sail --> | +Trost (1602)| Ship Launched: | 1602 | | Ship Decommissioned: | 1621 |
| Ship Complement: | 48 | | Ship Armament: | 16 guns |
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Trost served as
John Cunningham's flagship during the 1605
Hans Køning expedition to Greenland;
Godske Lindenov's flagship during
his expedition the next year; and
Carsten Richardson's flagship during his failed expedition the year after that.
King Christian IV's
expeditions to Greenland had been organized to reestablish contact with the
lost Norse settlements on Greenland and then to exploit the silver and gold ore supposedly returned by the first expedition.
Trost (1625)
Trost served from 1625 to 1653.
[3] The ship was considered a fast one and was constructed by David Balfour (b. 1574), a Scotsman employed by the Dano-Norwegian navy from 1597 to 1634.
[3] See also
- Danish colonization of Greenland
Notes and References
- Record Card for Trost (1602)
- Record card for Trost(1625)
- Book: Gosch, C.C.A. . Danish Arctic expeditions, 1605 to 1620 . 1897.
