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Danish Ship Katten
''Katten'' was a 20-ton yacht (Danish: ''jagt'') of the Dano-Norwegian navy. It was purchased from Scotland in 1605Orlogsmuseet.Katten / Grønlandiske Kat (1605)" and was probably only armed with a few guns. The name is Danish for "Cat"; it was also later known as the ''Grønlandiske Kat'' ("Greenland Cat").Gosch, C.C.A. Danish Arctic expeditions, 1605 to 1620'. 1897. The ship was considered fast and nimble and could be used closer to shore than larger vessels. ''Katten'' served as John Knight's ship during the 1605 Hans Køning expedition to Greenland and Anders Nolk's during the Lindenov expedition the next year. She was possibly identical with the ''Greenland Bark'' recorded as accompanying the ''Trost'' on Carsten Richardson Carsten Richardson was an early 17th-century Holsteinian-Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer. He was the commander of King Christian IV's final expedition to Greenland. Carsten Richardson was in command of one of five ships in the 1606 exped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yacht
A yacht is a sailing or power vessel used for pleasure, cruising, or racing. There is no standard definition, though the term generally applies to vessels with a cabin intended for overnight use. To be termed a , as opposed to a , such a pleasure vessel is likely to be at least in length and may have been judged to have good aesthetic qualities. The Commercial Yacht Code classifies yachts and over as . Such yachts typically require a hired crew and have higher construction standards. Further classifications for large yachts are: —carrying no more than 12 passengers, —solely for the pleasure of the owner and guests, or by flag, the country under which it is registered. A superyacht (sometimes ) generally refers to any yacht (sail or power) longer than . Racing yachts are designed to emphasize performance over comfort. Charter yachts are run as a business for profit. As of 2020 there were more than 15,000 yachts of sufficient size to require a professional crew. Etymolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richardson Expedition
Richardson may refer to: People * Richardson (surname), an English and Scottish surname * Richardson Gang, a London crime gang in the 1960s * Richardson Dilworth, Mayor of Philadelphia (1956-1962) Places Australia * Richardson, Australian Capital Territory Canada * Richardson Islands, Nunavut *Richardson Mountains, mountain range in northern Yukon United States * Richardson, Kentucky *Richardson, Texas * Richardson, West Virginia * Richardson, Wisconsin *Richardson Bay, California *Richardson Beach, Hawaii *Richardson County, Nebraska *Richardson Township, Minnesota *Richardson Township, Butler County, Nebraska Other uses *Richardson number, dimensionless number that expresses the ratio of potential to kinetic energy *Fort Richardson (Alaska) in Alaska, United States *Richardson (1903 cyclecar), an early British car *Richardson (1919 cyclecar), a car made in Sheffield, England *"Richardson", a 2011 single by Diego's Umbrella also released on their 2012 album ''Proper Cowboy'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ships Of The Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy
A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research, and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished from boats, based on size, shape, load capacity, and purpose. Ships have supported exploration, trade, warfare, migration, colonization, and science. After the 15th century, new crops that had come from and to the Americas via the European seafarers significantly contributed to world population growth. Ship transport is responsible for the largest portion of world commerce. The word ''ship'' has meant, depending on the era and the context, either just a large vessel or specifically a ship-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts, each of which is square-rigged. As of 2016, there were more than 49,000 merchant ships, totaling almost 1.8 billion dead weight tons. Of these 28% were oil tankers, 43% were bulk carriers, and 13% were cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dano-Norwegian Navy
The history of the Danish navy began with the founding of a joint Dano-Norwegian navy on 10 August 1510, when King John appointed his vassal Henrik Krummedige to become "chief captain and head of all our captains, men and servants whom we now have appointed and ordered to be at sea". The joint fleet was dissolved when Christian Fredrick established separate fleets for Denmark and Norway on 12 April 1814. These are the modern ancestors of today's Royal Danish Navy and Royal Norwegian Navy. The task of the navy The primary task of the fleet in the first period of its existence was to counter the power of the Hanseatic League and secure control in the Baltic Sea. The fleet was expanded to be one of the largest in Europe under the direction Christian IV with 50-105 larger warships and a large number of brigs and sloops, numbering in total around 75. In the 17th and 18th centuries during the period of absolutism its primary aim was to control the Strait of Øresund against the Swe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mogens Ulfeld
Mogens is a Danish masculine given name (specifically Danish shake-up of Magnus), and may refer to: *Mogens Ballin, Danish artist, one of a group of painters who gathered in the Breton village of Pont-Aven *Mogens Berg (born 1944), Danish former football player *Jens Mogens Boyesen (1920–1996), Norwegian diplomat and politician for the Labour Party *Mogens Brandt (1909–1970), Danish film actor *Mogens Camre (1936–2016), Danish politician and member of the European Parliament with the Danish People's Party *Mogens Christensen (1929–2020), Norwegian luger *Mogens Christiansen (born 1972), former Danish cricketer *Mogens Ellegaard (1935–1995), of Denmark, regarded as the "father of the classical accordion" *Mogens Bay Esbensen (born 1930), Danish born chef and author, introduced Thai cuisine and ingredients to Australia *Mogens Fog (1906–1990), Danish physician, politician (Danish Communist Party) and resistance fighter *Mogens Frey, retired Danish road bicycle racer *Moge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norse Colonization Of Greenland
The Norse exploration of North America began in the late 10th century, when Norsemen explored areas of the North Atlantic colonizing Greenland and creating a short term settlement near the northern tip of Newfoundland. This is known now as L'Anse aux Meadows where the remains of buildings were found in 1960 dating to approximately 1,000 years ago. This discovery helped reignite archaeological exploration for the Norse in the North Atlantic. This single settlement, located on the island of Newfoundland and not on the North American mainland, was abruptly abandoned. The Norse settlements on Greenland lasted for almost 500 years. L'Anse aux Meadows, the only confirmed Norse site in present-day Canada, was small and did not last as long. Other such Norse voyages are likely to have occurred for some time, but there is no evidence of any Norse settlement on mainland North America lasting beyond the 11th century. The Norse exploration of North America has been subject to numerous co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian IV Of Denmark
Christian IV (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 until his death in 1648. His reign of 59 years, 330 days is the longest of Danish monarchs and Scandinavian monarchies. A member of the House of Oldenburg, Christian began his personal rule of Denmark in 1596 at the age of 19. He is remembered as one of the most popular, ambitious, and proactive Danish kings, having initiated many reforms and projects. Christian IV obtained for his kingdom a level of stability and wealth that was virtually unmatched elsewhere in Europe. He engaged Denmark in numerous wars, most notably the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), which devastated much of Germany, undermined the Danish economy, and cost Denmark some of its conquered territories. He rebuilt and renamed the Norwegian capital Oslo as ''Christiania'' after himself, a name used until 1925. Early years Birth and family Christian was born at Frederiksborg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carsten Richardson
Carsten Richardson was an early 17th-century Holsteinian-Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer. He was the commander of King Christian IV's final expedition to Greenland. Carsten Richardson was in command of one of five ships in the 1606 expedition to Greenland led by Godske Lindenov and sent by Christian IV of Denmark to locate the lost Eastern Norse Settlement and to assert Danish sovereignty. In the following year, Richardson was made leader of a failed expedition with the same purpose, equipped with two ships the flagship ' ("Consolation") and ' ("Greenland Bark") and 44 men. Dense sea ice prevented them from landing on the Greenland coast, which was in sight. Notes *Mills, William James (2003) Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia – 2 vols. Santa Barbara, CA USApp. 548–549: Carsten Richardson See also *Cartographic expeditions to Greenland *List of Arctic expeditions This list of Arctic expeditions is a timeline of historic Arctic exploration and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dano-Norwegian Navy
The history of the Danish navy began with the founding of a joint Dano-Norwegian navy on 10 August 1510, when King John appointed his vassal Henrik Krummedige to become "chief captain and head of all our captains, men and servants whom we now have appointed and ordered to be at sea". The joint fleet was dissolved when Christian Fredrick established separate fleets for Denmark and Norway on 12 April 1814. These are the modern ancestors of today's Royal Danish Navy and Royal Norwegian Navy. The task of the navy The primary task of the fleet in the first period of its existence was to counter the power of the Hanseatic League and secure control in the Baltic Sea. The fleet was expanded to be one of the largest in Europe under the direction Christian IV with 50-105 larger warships and a large number of brigs and sloops, numbering in total around 75. In the 17th and 18th centuries during the period of absolutism its primary aim was to control the Strait of Øresund against the Swe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Ship Trost
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. *Trost (1625) was a pinnace with a crew of 68 and 20 (or 16?) cannon which served from 1625 to 1653.Record card foTrost(1625)/ref> 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"). ''Trost'' (1602) ''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 reest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindenov Expedition
Godske Christoffersen Lindenov or Lindenow (d. 1612 Copenhagen) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer. He was a commander on one of King Christian IV's expeditions to Greenland. Early life He was of the noble family Lindenov of Lindersvold, son of Christoffer Clausen Lindenov (d. 1593) and Sophie Hartvigsdatter Plessen. Career Godske Lindenov was part of the escort of Prince Hans, son of Frederick II of Denmark and Norway, on his fatal 1602 journey to Moscow to marry Xenia, daughter of the tsar Boris Godunov. Lindenov joined the Danish Royal Navy in 1605 and was the same year sent on the Hans Køning Expedition to Southern Greenland led by John Cunningham to assert Danish sovereignty. Lindenov was given command of the vessel ' ("Red Lion"). Lindenov landed near Atammik and brought two Inuit back to Copenhagen. In the following year, Christian IV of Denmark sent him on a new expedition to Greenland with James Hall as a pilot. Five ships were sent: ' ("Consolation", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
