- Fredensborg (slave ship)
Fredensborg was a
frigate built inCopenhagen in1752 or1753 . She was named "Cron Prindz Christian" after the prince who was to become kingChristian VII of Denmark and Norway, and was fitted out as aslave ship . After an unsuccessful stint in thetriangular trade , her operational area was limited to theCaribbean , 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. OnDecember 1 1768 Fredensborg sank in a storm offTromøy inArendal ,Norway .The wreck was discovered by divers in September
1974 . One of them wasLeif 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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