HDMS Dronning Marie

C. F. Eckersberg: Dronning Marie under construction at Nyholm, 1824

Dronning Marie was built at Nyholm to a design by Andreas Schifter. Construction started in 1821 and was not completed until 1827. She was launched in 1824.[1]

Dronning Marie was 180 feet long, with a beam of 46 feet and a draught of 19 feet. Her complement was 771 men. Her initial gun armament was 84 30-pounder guns.[2]

Dronning Marie was under the command of Ulrich Anthon Schønheyder on her maiden journey in 1934. Rckersberg asked Harbour Master at Nyholm Søren Ludvig Tuxe for permission to participate on the ship's maiden voyage around Zealand. He and his friend Emil Normann boarded the ship on 5 July. On 7 July, in the Bay of Sejrø, the two went off in a rowing boat to paint the vessel in the Great Belt. Rckersberg got off in Nyborg. Dronning Marie grounded south of Sprogø in 1834. The locality is now known as Dronning Marias Puller.[3]

Lat4er the same year, Dronning Marie took Crown Prince Frederik (VII) to Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Other passengers of the ship on that voyage was the painter Theodor Kloss-

In 1849, she was converted into a 60-gun frigate.

After the Battle of Bov, in 1848, Dronning Marie was for a while used as a prison ship in Copenhagen. In 1858, Dronning Marie was put into use as an accommodation ship at Nyholm. She was decommissioned in 1862. She existed until at least 1888.

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg has created an 1834 painting of Dronning Merie as well as an 1824 drawing of her under construction. She is also known from a number of other drawings and lithographs. Her figurehead was for many years installed as a monument at Holmen in Copenhagen. It has later been moved to Frederikshavn Naval Base in Frederikshavn.[4]

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  Dronning Marie, 1848.
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  The hulks of the "Dronning Marie" and "Valdemar" used as prison ships in the harbor of Copenhagen after the battle of Bov 1848.
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  Dronning Marie as accommodation ship.
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  The ship's figurehead at Holmen.