Name Dannebrog Commissioned 7 June 1880 Launched 6 October 1879 | Namesake the flag of Denmark Decommissioned 1931 | |
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Status Scrapped in 1934. Seems scrapped at Horten, Norway. Length 60.65 m before 1907 year and 72 m from 1907. | ||
Dannebrog was a Danish royal side-wheel paddle steam yacht, which was built in 1879 and decommissioned in 1931. Dannebrog was named in honor the flag of Denmark.
History
Paddle-wheel steamer «Dannebrog», yacht type, launched on the 6th of October, 1879. The yacht was commissioned in the Danish Fleet on the 7the of June, 1880.
1880–1892 years. During the summer months the yacht was in expeditions in Danish waters and visited several foreign ports.
1893 year. The voyage to England due to the marriage of the Duke of York and the Baden-Württemberg Princess Mary of Teck. The cruiser «Valkyrien» escorted the yacht during this voyage.
1902 year. A voyage to Aarhus due to the Crown Prince Christian and Princess Alexandrina received Marselisborg Castle (Danish: slottet Marselisborg) as a present. The construction of Marselesborg castle in Aarhus was completed in 1902 and the castle was a gift from Danish people to them.
Dannebrog brought the Danish prince Carl and his family from Denmark to Norway to assume the Norwegian throne, departing Denmark on 23 November 1905. His coronation as king Haakon VII was carried out in Trondheim in June 1906.
December 1906 - 1907. Overhaul, when the length of the yacht was increased to 72 meters and a newly designed main engine with bigger dimensions was installed. Simultaneously tonnage was increased to 1100 tonnes. Two funnels were installed on the yacht.
1909 year. During the summer months the expedition in Danish waters, and from 11 to 23 July a voyage to Russia, ascorted by the cruiser «Gejser».
From 14 to 17 of May, 1912. The yacht was ascorted by coastal defense ship «Olfert Fischer» during the voyage to Travemünde to move the coffin of the King Frederick VIII, who died in Hamburg on the 14 of May, 1912. Then the yacht had the voyage back to Copenhagen.
1913 year. During the summer months the expedition in Danish waters and visits in Landskrona (Sweden) and Rostock (Poland).
1914 year. Calls in Sheerness, Dover-Calais and Amsterdam, and then expeditions in the Danish waters.
1914-1918. Obviously the yacht idled during the World War I.
1919 year. Expedition in Danish waters during the summer months.
9 Jul 1920 - 17 Jul 1920. The voyage to the South Jutland, on the occasion of the reunification on 10 July 1920.
The yacht was scrapped in 1934.