Name Lossen Fate Wrecked, 1717 Propulsion Sails Length 29 m | Builder Isegran, Fredrikstad Class and type frigate Launched 1684 | |
Lossen was a frigate built for the navy of Denmark–Norway at Isegran, Fredrikstad, Norway, and launched in 1684.
Lossen was wrecked during the Christmas storm of 1717, outside the island Vesterøy in Hvaler, Norway. Nearly half of the crew of 103 perished.
The wreck was found in 1963, and explored by the Norwegian Maritime Museum in 1967, 1968 and 1974.
HDMS Lossen was also the name of a cable minelayer in the Danish Navy, decommissioned in 2004.
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