HDMS Elephanten (1741)
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HDMS Elephanten [https://web.archive.org/web/20051230145103/http://www.orlogsbasen.dk/ Royal Danish Naval Museum] [https://web.archive.org/web/20060707214603/http://orlogsbasen.dk/Skibdk.htm list of ships]A number of technical drawings can be seen on-line at [https://web.archive.org/web/20051101224121/http://www.orlogsbasen.dk/visskib.asp?skib=Elephanten&la=1] by clicking "vis" was an 18th-century ship-of-the-line in the Dano-Norwegian navy that was built at Nyholmen in Copenhagen by Laurent BarbéBjerg and ornamentation by J.Wiedewelt.[http://warshipsresearch.blogspot.com/2011/11/list-of-danish-navy-in-1743-in-dutch.html ALVAMA]
A model of this ship's figurehead can be seen at the Royal Danish Naval Museum and also a model of the stern galleries in full colour.
Design and construction
The design of the ship-of-the-line which would become Elephanten was produced by Barbé as part of a competition between him and another French shipbuilder, du Chemin, before the appointment of the new master shipbuilder to the Danish fleet. Barbé's employment dated from 6 May 1740, by which time construction of the new ship had already started! Even during construction, Elephanten gave cause for concern about the structure of the keel - which was put down to faulty construction rather than faulty design. In the end, Elephanten proved to be an excellent ship and the technical drawings set the standard for future work. Elephanten's sistership, Nellebladet (1746), was built to the same design plan.Skibregister - [https://web.archive.org/web/20051216121418/http://www.orlogsmuseet.dk/N/pages/Nellebladet%20(N%E6llebladet)(1746).htm Record card for Nellebladet]
Fate
Notes
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References
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Citations
- Nielsen, E [https://milhist.dk/major-danish-warships-built-holmen-shipyard-1692-1744/ Dansk Militærhistorie Website] "Major Danish Warships Built at the Holmen Shipyard 1692-1744" (in English)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051229194615/http://www.orlogsmuseet.dk/ Skibregister] (den sorte registrand) for Record Cards of Danish Ships (in Danish)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051230145103/http://www.orlogsbasen.dk/ Royal Danish Naval Museum] [https://web.archive.org/web/20060707214603/http://orlogsbasen.dk/Skibdk.htm list of ships] Details, drawings and models for some of the named ships are available here.
- Hans Christian Bjerg: [http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/H%C3%A5ndv%C3%A6rk/Skibskonstrukt%C3%B8r/Laurent_Barbe Laurent Barbe] in [http://denstoredanske.dk/index.php?sideId=2864 Dansk Biografisk Leksikon], 3rd. edition, Gyldendal 1979–84. (accessed 11 May 2019) (in Danish)
- [http://warshipsresearch.blogspot.com/2011/11/list-of-danish-navy-in-1743-in-dutch.html%20ALVAMA%5D ALVAMA] A list of ships in the Danish navy in 1743. Found in the Dutch Archives.
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Category:Ships of the line of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy
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