Fredensborg (slave ship)

Fredensborg (slave ship)

Fredensborg was a frigate built in Copenhagen in 1752 or 1753. She was named "Cron Prindz Christian" after the prince who was to become king Christian VII of Denmark and Norway, and was fitted out as a slave ship. After an unsuccessful stint in the triangular trade, her operational area was limited to the Caribbean, where she sailed as a trader until 1756. The ship was then purchased by another Danish company and renamed "Fredensborg" after one of the Danish-Norwegian trading stations on the African Gold Coast. On December 1 1768 Fredensborg sank in a storm off Tromøy in Arendal, Norway.

The wreck was discovered by divers in September 1974. One of them was Leif Svalesen who later has worked to document the skip.

Exsternal link

[http://www.unesco.no/fredensborg/index.htm UNESCO's webpages on the Fredensborg]


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