The ship was set aground on the beach of Torekov - near the island of Hallands Väderö (now Sweden, then Denmark) in december 1637. Shipbuilders from Bremerholm were sent to dismantle the vessel. Nowadays, there may be only few items left from the ship on the spot.
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Type
Light frigate, built by the Scottish master shipbuilder David Balfour in the Royal shipyard of Bremerholm, Copenhagen. Contracted in 1623 (original contract is preserved). The ship was also represented on a shipbuilding drawing (also preserved).
In 1777, a fleet of European whalers sailed to the Arctic waters near Greenland to hunt whales. The season would turn into a major disaster for the whaling industry.
Down on 14 September
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