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Flensborg, Chr. P.
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Personal Information |
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Full Name: |
Christian Peder Flensborg |
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Date of Birth: |
June 8, 1772 |
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Place of Birth: |
Copenhagen |
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Family
Relations: |
Son
of writer Christian Flensborg and wife Charlotte Margrethe, born Leth |
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Marriage: |
Married to Cathrine Marie Alexandrine d'Origny |
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Promotions |
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Date: |
Promotion: |
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1778 |
Apprentice |
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1783 |
Naval Cadet |
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March 4, 1791 |
Sub
Lieutenant |
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December 22, 1797 |
Lieutenant |
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March 4, 1806 |
Lieutenant Commander |
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March 17, 1811 |
Commander |
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October 28, 1817 |
Commander s.g. |
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January 25, 1834 |
Captain |
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December 25, 1835 |
Rear Admiral |
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Orders, Decorations &
Distinctions |
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Date: |
Orders, Decorations &
Distinction: |
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January 28, 1813 |
Officer of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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November 1, 1828 |
Silver Cross of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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Military
Service |
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Military
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1797 - 1798 |
On
the frigate IRIS to the Danish West Indies (DWI) |
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December 20, 1798 |
Enrollment Officer at Stordøen in the district of Bergen |
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1800 |
On
the brig LOUGEN to DWI |
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1800 - 1801 |
Commanding Officer (CO) of the schooner IRESINE, guard ship at the
DWI. |
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May
20, 1802 |
Temporary Equipment Manager on Holmen |
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March 9, 1803 |
Inspector at the Naval Dock Yard |
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March 22, 1804
- May 1807 |
Adjutant for the Supreme Equipment Manager |
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1808 |
CO
of the Naval Station at Isefjorden, including a Floating Battery and some
Gun Dinghy's |
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1809 |
At
the Dinghy Flotilla at Copenhagen |
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October 26, 1809 |
Leaving the Dinghy Flotilla for serving of one of the French Men-of-War |
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1810 |
1st
officer in the Ship-of-the-line DANTZICH |
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1811 |
CO
of the Gun Boat Division at Nysted |
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1812 and 1813 |
CO
of the Gun Boat Flotilla at Nyborg |
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August 1813
- October 1813 |
In
addition CO of Langelands, Laalands and Neustads Gun Boats |
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1814 and 1815 |
CO
of the brig SAMSØE, guard ship in the Sound |
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October 22, 1815 |
Officer in charge of the Naval School for Boys |
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July 20, 1834 |
CO
of the 1st Division and Chairman of the Committee for the Naval School for
Boys |
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Other Achievements |
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Date: |
Achievement: |
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April 15, 1809 |
Sentenced to pay 2 months pay to the Navy for having laid hand on Provisions
Administrator Surland, who had shown rude insubordination |
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May
4, 1809 |
The
sentence was uphold |
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December 30, 1812 |
Recommended by Rear Admiral J. C. Krieger for brilliant activity and great
presence of mind |
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Additional Comments |
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His
widow was granted a bonus of 300 rix-dollars (January 19, 1838) |
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Death |
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Date: |
Cemetery: |
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January 16, 1838 |
Died in Copenhagen, buried at the Naval Cemetery (Holmens kirkegaard) |
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Sources: |
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Det Danske
Søofficerskorps 1801-1919, by
Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen, Gyldendals Boghandel
and Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1919 |
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Officerer i den
Dansk-Norske Søetat 1660-1814 og den Danske Søetat 1814-1932, Bind I og II,
by
Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen og Emil
Marquard,
H. Hagerups Forlag, Copenhagen,
1935 |
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