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ROTA (1838-1863)
(In English: n/a)

The frigate ROTA

The frigate ROTA.
(Drawing from The Royal Danish Naval Museum's archive)

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Classification

Type:

Frigate

Class:

n/a

Other Ships
in Class:

Frigate FREYA (1824-1853)
Frigate HAVFRUEN (1832-1864)
Frigate BELLONA (1835-1862)

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Specifications

Built by:

Nyholm, Copenhagen

Design:

Yard Master A. Schifter

Laid down:

n/a

Launched:

July 31, 1822

Commissioned:

May 9, 1838

Decommissioned:

1863

Pennant Number:

n/a

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

705 ½ Læster

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

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48.09 m

11.84 m

5.42 m

Complement:

404 men

Propulsion:

n/a

Range:

n/a

Armament:

28 ea 18-pound Guns
8 ea 8-pound Guns
10 ea 30-pound Guns
4 ea 12-pound Howitzer

Later:

46 ea 18-pound Guns

Speed:

n/a

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Notes

The frigate was in 1838 sent to Livorno, Italy to pick up the Danish sculpturer Bertel Thorvaldsen and his artworks. The frigate returned to Copenhagen on September 17, 1838.

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Sources:

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Oplysninger vedrørende den danske flaades skibe i sidste aarhundrede, by etatsråd H. Degenkolv, Copenhagen, 1906.

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography

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