HDMS Rota

HDMS Rota was a frigate of the Royal Danish Navy. She is above all remembered for being the ship that, in 1838, picked up the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen and many of his artworks in Livorno and brought them back to Denmark. Hans Dahlerup, her captain, and Alexander Wilde, then a junior lieutenant, have both described the voyage in their memoirs. In 1863, Rota was sold to H. Puggaard & Co. and converted into a civilian merchant ship. She wrecked off the coast of southern Norway in 1892, some ten years after being sold to Paul Larsen, Arendal.

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Rota
length 48.09 metre, 
frigate, Royal Danish Navy, Holmen, 

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1838 HDMS Rota

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ship commissioning

1892-01-01T00:00:00Z

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shipwrecking

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ship launching

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Frameless

Tuschlavering af fregatten Rota,

Eckersberg, CW - Thorvaldsens ankomst på Københavns red

The Frigate Rotha, drawing, Carl Dahl (MET, 2006.155)

Dahl - Fregatten Rota

Rota (ship, 1822) 1850

Fregatskib ROTA af København (4)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Tuschlavering af fregatten Rota,		Commons
commons	image		Eckersberg, CW - Thorvaldsens ankomst på Københavns red		Commons
commons	image		The Frigate Rotha, drawing, Carl Dahl (MET, 2006.155)		Commons
commons	image		Dahl - Fregatten Rota		Commons
commons	image		Rota (ship, 1822) 1850		Commons
commons	image		Fregatskib ROTA af København (4)		Commons