Description:
From Captain Preben Holck, 6/7/1934: "In 1692 a new ship, named Christianus Quintus, was built for Det Ostendiske Compagni in Copenhagen. When the ship returned from a cruise to East India, she got certificate 13/6 1696 as a Defensionskib af 1ste Sarter. The ship was long stem to sternpost 37.871 meter and armed with 20 - 8 pdrs. & 4 Barser on the lower deck and adpated for 4 pdrs on the upper deck. The ship is mentioned in the newspapers of that age as a very fine and large ship. On her cruises she carried generally 34 guns and 185 men, but the ship could certainly carry about 48-60 guns in time of war. Beginning Nov. 9, 1692 the ship made four voyages to Tranquebar and return to Copenhagen and was wrecked on the fifth voyage out, in 1702. September 9, 1698 the ship catched fire in the harbour of Copenhagen, and crew from the Royal dockyard was ordered to assist at extinguishing the fire, which succeeded after 4 hours hard work, but then was the aft third of the ship destroyed with both decks, stern and mizzen mast. The Royal arms, with the cloak lined with ermine but without the two men armed with maces, used as decoration on the stern seems to agree with the supposition that the model represent a ship belonging to the Ostinsike Compagni. This Comp. was private, but the king was personally interested, and the comp. was supplied with ships, crew, guns, provisions, etc. from the Royal Navy, and the ship was allowed to carry the Orlogsflaget (naval flag with the two tongues) south of the Aequinoctial line when going to the East Indies, and from Cape Verde to the isle of Flores when going to the West Indies."
Beam: 13" (at stern 16 1/4")
Armament: 24 guns each side
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