Ship model  NORSKE LOEVE

Danish guard ship NORSKE LOEVE

The NORSKE LOEVE was built in 1765 by the Nyholm shipyard, close to Copenhagen. The ship was named after the Norwegian Lion and the Danish-Norwegian Imperial Coat of Arms. There was a crew of 667 men and an armament of 70 iron cannons, with 26 cannons 24 pd. on the lower deck, 26 cannons 18 pd. on the middle deck and 18 cannons 8 pd. on the upper deck. All ornaments, made by the sculptor C. Moellerup, were reminders of Norway. On the transom there is a fisherman and a farmer, symbolizing the most important trades of Norway, agriculture and fishing.

The Norske Loeve was used as a guard ship in the Oeresund and other Danish waters. In 1795, after having been stripped into a block ship, she was used to give shelter for homeless families after the fire in Copenhagen the same year. In 1798 she was deleted from the naval register.

This ship model shows the NORSKE LOEVE in her late years, after replacing the lateen sail at the mizzen-mast with a gaff. The ship model was made in three years and four months work, with support from the state archives in Copenhagen. All parts are handmade, including the decoration carvings.

The NORSKE LOEVE ship model, photos, description and dimensions

Please take your time to have a good look at the set of photos. There are several views of the entire model and close views on hull and rigging. If you click on a photo you will get that photo in high resolution. Only these high resolution photographs show how much work and handicraft ability were put in the model. (If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer or Firefox, press F11 to minimize navigation bars and have a larger screen with the photos.)

The beautiful, very well done model of the NORSKE LOEVE is 1 : 75 scale.
Length is 102 cm, width 39 cm, height 89 cm.