HDMS Elefanten

A number of ships of the Royal Danish Navy have carried the name Elefanten, or Elephanten. The modern translation of the English word "Elephant" in Danish-English dictionaries is "Elefant". The suffix -en is the definite article in Danish.

All the following except Elephanten (1703) are listed at The Royal Danish Naval Museum's Skibregister: most but not all have record cards on line at this register. The four ships-of-the-line launched between 1684 and 1773 are spelt Elephanten in the Royal Danish Naval Museum's List of Ships.

  • HDMS Elephanten (1559)[1]
  • HDMS Elefanten (1618)
  • HDMS Elephanten (1658)
  • Den Hvide Elefant (1661) (The White Elephant)
  • Elefanten (1678) ex Enhjørning (1676) – sixth rate; captured from the Swedish after the Battle of Öland; later Aurora (1689) and Frøken Elschen (1689)[2][3]
  • HDMS Elephanten (1684), ship of the line; later Gamle Elephant (1703)[4][5]
  • HDMS Elephanten (1687), frigate[4]
  • Elephanten af Danmark (1692), defenceship
  • Elefantens Barkas (1711)
  • HDMS Elephanten (1703), ship of the line, decommissioned 1728[4]
  • HDMS Elephanten (1741), ship of the line[4]
  • HDMS Elephanten (1773), ship of the line[4]
  • HDMS Elephanten (1802)

References
  1. Record CardElefanten (1559)
  2. Nielsen, Eric (1 November 2013). "Swedish Warship Losses In Denmarks Skanian War 1675-1679 -". milhist.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  3. Record Card - Elefanten (1676)
  4. "Søgeresultat". www.orlogsbasen.dk. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  5. Steensen, Robert Steen. Fra Trefoldigheden til fregatten Jylland: Udsent af Thomas Schmidt A/S i anledning af firmaets 25 års jubilaeum i maj 1971 (in Danish). F.E. Bording. p. 20. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
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