List of ships of the line of Denmark explained

This is a list of ships of the line (ironclads, coastal defence ships or battleships) serving either in the Royal Danish Navy or the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy.

Sail battleships (ships of the line)

• Hercules 81 guns - Captured by Sweden 1563, returned 1570
• Hector 38 guns - Captured by Sweden 1563 and renamed Danska Hektor, scuttled c. 1566
• Hjort 46 guns - Captured by Sweden 1563, returned 1570
• Byens Loffue 56 guns - Captured by Sweden 1564 and renamed Böse Lejon, returned 1570
• Morian 47 guns - Captured by Sweden 1564 and renamed Danska Morian, returned 1570
• David 42 guns - Captured by Sweden 1564, returned 1570
• Skotske Pink 56 guns - Captured by Sweden 1564 and renamed Skotska Pincka, recaptured 1569
• Jegermesther 90 guns - Captured by Sweden 1565, returned 1570
• Merkurius - Storm 1566
• Samson - Storm 1566
• Hannibal - Storm 1566
• Fortuna 80 guns
• Prindse-Bark 64 guns
• Samson 62 guns
• Josaphat 52 guns
• Josua 48 guns
• Drage 42 guns
• Trefoldighed 48 guns
• Tre Løver 46 guns - Captured by Sweden 1644 and renamed Tre Lejon
• Spes 38-66 (c. 1612) - BU 1673
• Patienta 48 (c. 1616) - Captured by Sweden 1644
• St Sophia 40 (c. 1624) - Wrecked in storm 1645
• Oldenborg 32-42 (c. 1628) - Captured by Sweden 1644
• Hannibal 44 guns
• Viktoria 48 guns
• Frederik 86 guns
• Sofia Amalia 86 guns
• Prinds Kristian
• Norske Løve 44 guns
• Tre Kroner 42 guns
• Sorte Rytter 40 guns
• Trefoldighed 66 guns
• Lindorm 46 guns
• København 32 guns - Rearmed to 50 guns, scuttled 1676
• Tre Løver 60 guns
• Nelleblad 46 guns
• Norske Løve 86 guns - Wrecked 1666
• Tre Kroner 74 guns
• Oldenborg 47 guns?/48 guns
• Slesvig 52 guns - Renamed Kurprinds
• Prins Jørgen 52 guns
• Delmenhorst 46 guns - Scuttled as part of Provesteen battery, 1713
• Gyldenløve 36 guns - Rearmed to 56 guns, captured by Britain but released, 1694
• Prinds Georg 80 guns - Scuttled as part of Trekroner battery, 1713
• Charlotta Amalia 54 guns - Scuttled as part of Trekroner battery, 1713
• Christianus V 86 guns
• Anna Sofia 60 guns
• Churprinds 76 guns
• Nelleblad? 56 guns
• Christiania 54 guns
• Fredericus III 60 guns
• Enighed 62 guns - Scuttled 1679
• Neptunus 42 guns
• Norske Løve 84 guns - Sank 1679
• Flyvende Hjort 44 guns
• Elephanten 84 guns
• Prinds Frederik 84 guns
• Tre Kroner 84 (c. 1664) - Scuttled as part of Trekroner battery, 1713
• Christianus IV 50-64 (c. 1672) - Scuttled as part of Provesteen battery, 1719
• Tomler 52 (c. 1682) - Scuttled as part of Provesteen battery, 1723
• Sværdfisk 52 (c. 1682) - Scuttled as part of Provesteen battery, 1723
• Slesvig 50/52 (c. 1684) - Storm 1711
• Dannebroge 94 (c. 1692) - Blew up 1710
• Tre Løver 78 guns
• Prinds Christian 76 guns
• Sophia Hedevig 76 guns
• Dronning Louisa 70 guns
• Prinds Carl 54 guns
• Prinds Wilhelm 54 guns
• Oldenborg 52 guns
• Fredericus IV 110 guns
• Justitia 90 guns (1707)
• Haffru 70 guns
• Beskjermer 64 guns
• Ebenetzer 64 guns
• Ditmarsken 50 guns
• Laaland 50 guns
• Dronning Anna Sophia 90 guns
• Tre Løver 60 (c. 1730)
• Prinsesse Charlotte Amalia 60 (c. 1731)
• Prinsesse Louise 60 (c. 1731) - Discarded 1771?
• Markgrevinde Sophia Christina 60 (c. 1732) - Discarded 1753?/56?
• Christianus VI 90 (c. 1733) - Discarded 1769?
• (Nye) Delmenhorst 50 (c. 1735) - Discarded 1777?
• Jylland 70 (c. 1739) - Discarded 1761? (not to be confused with the frigate "Jylland", c. 1801, present day museum)
• Wenden 70/72 (c. 1742)
• Kjøbenhavn 70 (c. 1744)
• Fyen 50/52 (c. 1746)
• Island 50/60 (c. 1751)
• Stormar 60 (c. 1751)
• Dronning Juliane Marie 70 (c. 1752) - Discarded 1788?
• Fredericus V 90 (c. 1753) - Discarded 1775?
• Sejer 60 (c. 1754)
• Grønland 50 (c. 1756)
• Kronprintz 70 (c. 1756)
• Dannemark 70 (c. 1757)
• Ebenetzer 50 (c. 1758)
• St Croix 50 (c. 1758)
• Mars 50 (c. 1760)
• Jylland 70 (1762)
• Norske Løve 70 (c. 1765)
• Slesvig 50 (c. 1767)
• Christian VII 90 (1767)
• Øresund 60 (1768)
• Prindsesse Vilhelmine Caroline 60 (1769)
• Elefanten 70 (1774)- discarded 1802
• Holsteen 60 (c. 1775)- captured by Royal Navy, Battle of Copenhagen 1801. Recommissioned as HMS Holstein 1802, renamed HMS Nassau 1805.
• Dannebroge 60 (1773)- sunk, Battle of Copenhagen 1801
• Wagrien 64 (1774)- sunk, Battle of Copenhagen 1801
• Prindsesse Sophia Frederica 74 (1779) - captured by the British 1807
• Justitia 74 (1780) - captured by the British 1807
• Oldenburg 60-64 (c. 1779) - Discarded 1799?
• Ditmarsken 64 (c. 1780) - Captured and destroyed by the British, 1807
• Arveprinds Frederich 74 (1788) - captured by the British, 1807
• Princess Louisa Augusta 64 (c. 1783) - Discarded 1829?
• Kronprins Frederich 74 (1786) - captured by the British, 1807
• Mars 64 (c. 1789) - captured and destroyed by the British, 1807
• Nordstiernen 74 (c. 1788) - discarded 1805
• Indfødsretten 64 (1787) - sunk, Battle of Copenhagen, 1801
• Fyen 74 (1787) - captured by the British, 1807
• Sjælland 74 (1791) - sunk, Battle of Copenhagen, 1801
• Odin 74 (1791) - captured by the British, 1807
• Neptunus 80 (1791) - Captured by Britain, aground and burnt 1807
• Tre Kroner 74 (1789) - Captured by Britain 1807
• Kronprindsesse Maria 70-74 (1791) - Captured by Britain 1807
• Skjold 70 (1796) - Captured by Britain 1807
• Dannemark 74 (1799) - Captured by Britain 1807
• Sejeren 64 (1800) - Captured by Britain 1807
• Waldemar 84 (1800) - Captured by Britain 1807
• Norge 72 (1801) - Captured by Britain 1807
• Christian VII 90 (1805) - Captured by Britain 1807
• Prinds Christian Frederik 74 (1806) - destroyed and burned, Battle of Sjællands Odde 1808
• Prindsesse Caroline 74 (1805) - Captured by Britain 1807
• (3 battleships) 74 guns - Not launched; captured and destroyed by the British, 1807
• Phoenix 60 (1811) - Discarded 1834
• Danmark 66 (1818) - Discarded 1856
• Dronning Marie 84 (1825) - Discarded 1862
• Waldemar 94 (1830) - Discarded 1864
• Frederik VI 94 (1832) - Discarded 1872
• Skjold 94 guns (1836) - Discarded 1873
• Christian VIII 84 (1841) - destroyed by coastal artillery, Eckernförde, 1849
• Dannebrog 82 guns (1853) - Rebuilt 1863 as 16-gun armored frigate, discarded 1897

Steam battleships (ironclads)

• Dannebrog (1863)^[1]
• Rolf Krake (1863)
• Peder Skram (1864)
• Danmark (1864)
• Lindormen (1868)
• Gorm (1870)
• Odin (1872)
• Helgoland (1878)
• Tordenskjold (torpedo ram) 1880

Coastal defence ships

• Iver Hvitfeldt (1886)
• Skjold (1896)
• Herluf Trolle class
  • Herluf Trolle (1899)
  • Olfert Fischer (1903)
• Peder Skram (1908) BU, 1949
• Niels Juel (1918) Sunk, 1945

See also

• List of Danish sail frigates
• List of Danish ships captured at Battle of Copenhagen

Bibliography

• Book: Campbell, N. J. M. . Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905 . Chesneau . Roger . Kolesnik . Eugene M. . Denmark . 364–368 . 1979. amp . Conway Maritime Press . London . 978-0-85177-133-5 . registration .

Notes and References

1. Campbell, p. 364