HDMS Bellona (1830)

HDMS Bellona

HDMS Bellona was a frigate of the Royal Danish Navy, which she served from 1835 to 1862.

Design

She was equipped with 46 18 pound canons.

History

Bellona was built at Nyholm to a design by A. Schifter. She was launched on 15 September 1830. She completed an expedition to the Mediterranean Sea from Copenhagen between 1 May and 5 September 1835. She was under the command of captain L. de Coninck and brought back some of Bertel Thorvaldsen's works.

From 24 August 1840 to 21 August 1841, under command of captain Christian Wulf, she completed a voyage to South America.

In 1847, from 15 May to 18 August, she was commissioned to pick up a load of cereal products in St. Petersburg.

She was then equipped for service in the First Schleswig War.

She was in use as an Eksercerskib from 16 May to 25 September 1858. She was decommissioned from the Navy on 25 June 1862. She was for a while used as a storage facility at Høruphav in 1864 before being broken up in 1868.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "BELLONA (1835-1862)". navalhistory.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 23 August 2018.


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