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A number of ships have been used for Danish marine research and Danish-led expeditions. Some were dedicated research ships and functional in many years, other were bought or chartered for a limited time for one or more dedicated expeditions. These expeditions are typically named after the ship.

Most information has been compiled from Sandbeck (2007),[1] Wolff (1967)[2] and Christiansen (2010).[3] Additional references are listed in the table.

The table does not include research ships that are or were operated independently by Greenland and the Faroe Islands (such as R/V Sanna, M/V Tarajoq and R/V Jákup Sverri), which are self-governing parts of the Kingdom of Denmark.

Ship name Prior/later names Ship lifetime Time as research vessel Major expeditions Notable scientists on board Comments/references
HDMS Grønland 1756-91 1761 Danish Arabia Expedition Peter Forsskål
Carsten Niebuhr
Fr. Chr. von Haven		 [4]
HDMS Bellona 1830-68 1840-41 South America 1840-41 Henrik Nikolai Krøyer [5]
HDMS Ørnen 1842-66 1846 Danish West Indies A.S. Ørsted Ørsted also used other navy ships while in the Caribbean
HDMS Galathea 1831-89 1845-47 Galathea I H.J. Rink
J.T. Reinhardt		 [6]
Dijmphna Linkjöping 1871-1889 1882-83 Theo H. Holm
HDMS Hauch 1862-1900 1883-86 C.G.Johannes Petersen In later years fisheries inspection ship
HDMS Fylla 1862-1903 1884-86 Fylla expeditions Eugen Warming
Theo H. Holm
J.L.K. Rosenvinge		 [7][8]
Transportskib No. 3 1858-1940 1890-1940 C.G.Johannes Petersen
A.C.Johansen		 Mobile biological laboratory
Hekla Scotia 1872-1916 1891-92 Hekla Expedition H. Deichmann
Nikolaj Hartz
HDMS Ingolf 1876-1926 1895-96 Ingolf Expedition C. Wesenberg-Lund
C.H.Ostenfeld
Martin Knudsen
William Lundbeck
H. Jungersen
H.J. Hansen 		[7]
Antarctic Cap Nord 1871-1903 1898-1900 The Carlsberg Foundation East Greenland Expedition Norwegian/Swedish privately owned
Sallingsund Japetus Steenstrup 1873-1932 1899-1932 C.G.Johannes Petersen Owned by the Danish Biological Station
Danmark Sir Colin Campell
Magdalena 		1855-1917 1906-08 Danmark Expedition L. Mylius-Erichsen
Alfred Wegener		 Former whaler
Thor 1899-1929 1902-19 1st and 2nd Thor Expeditions J. Schmidt [9]
Tjalfe 1853-1950 1908-1909 Greenland Fisheries Expeditions Adolf Jensen
Margrethe ?-1913 1913 West Indies J. Schmidt Wrecked on coral reef on Anegada.[9]
Dana I Carina
Guiseppina V		 1919-41 1920-21 1st and 2nd Dana expeditions J. Schmidt

Aage V. Tåning

Owned by EAC[9]
Dana II HMT John Quilliam 1917-35 1921-35 3rd Dana expedition J. Schmidt
H.R.G. Spärck

Aage V. Tåning

Sunk in collision in the North Sea[10][9]
Godthaab Hvitabjörn 1898-1984 1926-34 Godthaab Expedition, Three-year Expedition to East Greenland Lauge Koch
Gunnar Seidenfaden
Gustav Holm Fox II 1893-1959 1931-34 Three-year Expedition to East Greenland Lauge Koch
Biologen Knøsen 1932-1974 1932-64 Owned by the Danish Biological Station
Thor Albertina 1930-? 1934-35 Fate after 1935 unknown
Dana III Esvagt Dana
Gulden Leeuw		 1937–present 1937-1978 Sargasso Sea 1966 Erik Bertelsen
Søkongen Knud, Polar Ægidius 1919-1972 Ejnar Mikkelsen Knud Rasmussen
Atlantide Shenandoah 1902–present 1945-46 Atlantide Expedition Anton Bruun
F.C. Fraser		 Owned by sculptor Viggo Jarl
HDMS Galathea HMS Leith 1935-55 1950-52 Galathea II Anton Bruun
Torben Wolff
Noona Dan Havet
Seute Deern		 1939–present 1961-62 Noona Dan-ekspedition Finn Salomonsen
Lorenz P. Ferdinand
Dana IV 1980–present 1980–present Danish eel expedition[11] Owned by the Technical University of Denmark
HDMS Vædderen 1990–present 2006-2007 Galathea III Fisheries inspection and coast guard vessel
Aurora 2014–present 2014–present Owned by Aarhus University[12]

Overview of ships which serve or has served as Danish research ships. Also indicated are ships purchased specifically for major Danish funded expeditions.

In other service
Royal Danish Navy
Active as research ship
Expedition
R/V AuroraHDMS Vædderen (F359)Dana (1980)Seute DeernHMS Leith (U36)Shenandoah (1902)Dana (1937)BiologenThor (1930)Gustav Holm (ship)Godthaab (1898)Dana (1920)Dana (1919)Margrethe (ship)Tjalfe (1853)Thor (1903)Danmark (1906)Sallingsund (1831)Antarctic (ship)HDMS Ingolf (1876)Scotia (barque)Transportskib No. 3HDMS Fylla (1863)HDMS Hauch)DijmphnaHDMS Ørnen (1842)Galathea (1831)HDMS Bellona (1830)

Notes[edit]

  1. History before 1913 unknown
  2. Fate after 1935 unknown

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sandbeck, Thorkild (2007). Danske forskningsskibe gennem 250 år. Stenstrup, Denmark: Skib Forlag.
  2. ^ Wolff, Torben (1969). Danish Expeditions on the Seven Seas. Copenhagen: Rhodos.
  3. ^ Christiansen, Henrik (2010). Orlogsflådens skibe gennem 500 år. Copenhagen: Museum of military history.
  4. ^ Andersen, Dan (1991). "Linieskibet "Grønland". Historien bag en konvoj i Middelhavet 1761" (PDF). Marinehistorisk Tidsskrift. 24 (3): 23–31.
  5. ^ Lorck, M.; Bjerg, H.C. (1980). Fregatten Bellonas togt til Sydamerika 1840-41. Copenhagen: Marinehistorisk Selskab.
  6. ^ Koustrup, Søren (2006). Galatheas forunderlige rejse. Copenhagen: Lindhart og Ringhof.
  7. ^ a b Steensen, R. Steen (1971). Vore Krydsere (PDF). Copenhagen: Strubes Forlag.
  8. ^ Anon. (1885). "The Danish Scientific Expedition of 1884 in the Gunboat 'Fylla'". Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography. 7 (3): 177–180. doi:10.2307/1800390. JSTOR 1800390.
  9. ^ a b c d Poulsen, Bo (2016). Global marine science and Carlsberg. The golden connections of Jahannes Schmidt (1877-1933). Leiden: Brill.
  10. ^ Schmidt, Johannes (1932). Danas Togt omkring Jorden 1928-1930. Copenhagen: Gyldendahl.
  11. ^ "Danish eel expedition". aqua.dtu.dk. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Aurora at Department of Bioscience". Retrieved 21 March 2019.
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