1975 Holmegaard ship's plate with Tordenskjold's flagship Laaland as its motif
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HS1975
HS750
Holmegaard
1975
69131000
7,9" / 20 cm
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1975 Holmegaard ship's plate with Tordenskjold's flagship Laaland as its motif
1975 Holmegaard Ship's plate with motif of
"Laaland" - Tordenskjold's Flagship
Inscription:
Linieskib Laaland
The Leeland was launched from Judichær's
shipyard on 4th. June 1711 - the last ship
of the line precedin the Great Northern
war. With a crew of 400 men, the ship was
one of the biggest ships in the Danish
navy. The Leeland is no doubt best
remembered as Tordenskjold's fladship
during the operations against Buhusleen, but
previous to that the ship had fought with
brilliance in several famous actions. The
most outstanding of these was the Battle of
Kolberger Moor where because of the darkness,
the vessel was parted from the rest of the
Danish fleet and singlehanded took up the
pursuit of the Swedish threedecker, the
"Nordstärnan" which carried seventy six
cannons against Leeland's fifty. In November
1716 Tordenskjold was given command of the
whole of the North Sea Squadron, and in the
following years he conducted his attacks
against Gothenburg and Strømstad from the
Leeland. In December 1718 Tordenskjold was
in Norwegian waters on board the Leeland
when he heard of the dead of King Karl XII.
In spite of very unfavourable weather he
managed to bring this very important news
to Copenhagen in only fortyeight hours.
For this feat he was promoted to
Schoubynacht.
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