Fredensborg Slot (DAC ship)

Fredensborg Slot (also Fredensborg Slott or simply Fredensborg) was a chinaman of the Danish Asiatic Company (DAC). She comåpleted six expeditions to Canton between 1765 and 1778.

Fredensborg Slot in c. 1765.

Construction and design

Fredensborg Slot was constructed at Asiatisk Plads. She was the 13th ship constructed at the DAC's own shipyard. She was designed by Frederik Michael Krabbe and the master shipbuilder Poul Frantzen (Frandsen) was responsible for overseeing the actual construction. Her bilbrev was issued on 10 or 14 October 1765.[1]

She was 145 ft (44 m) long with a beam of 38 ft (12 m) and a draught of 17 ft (5.2 m).[1]

DAC service

Fredensborg Slot completed six DAC expeditions to Canton in 1765-67, 1767-69, 1769-71, 1771-72, 1775-76 and 1777-78.[2]

Her captains included Lars Swane (1768-1769), Peder Holm (1771-73), Niels Olsen Hielte (1774-76) and . Henrich Matthias Foss (1777-78).[1][3]

References
  1. "Fredensborg / Fredensborg Slot / Fredensborg Slott". jmarcussen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  2. "Asiatisk Kompagni - Skibene". jmarcussen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  3. "Asiatiske, vestindiske og guineiske handelskompagnier" (PDF). slaegtsbibliotek.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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