# HDMS Trost

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Two ships named *Trost* served with the [Dano-Norwegian navy](/source/Dano-Norwegian_navy) between 1602 and 1653.

- Trost or Hunden Trost (1602) was a little ship with a crew of 48 men and 16 cannon. She was decommissioned in 1621.[1]

- Trost (1625) was a pinnace with a crew of 68 and 20 (or 16?) cannon which served from 1625 to 1653.[2]

The name is German rather than Danish; the vessel is sometimes referenced in translation as the *Comfort* or the *Consolation*. The name, however, probably refers to one of the Queen [Anne Catherine of Brandenburg](/source/Anne_Catherine_of_Brandenburg)'s lapdogs and the vessel is also referenced as *Hunden* ("Dog") and *Skjodehunden* ("Lapdog").[3]

## *Trost* (1602)

Trost (1602) History Launched 1602 Decommissioned 1621 General characteristics Complement 48 Armament 16 guns

*Trost* served as [John Cunningham](/source/John_Cunningham_(explorer))'s flagship during the 1605 [Hans Køning expedition](/source/Hans_K%C3%B8ning_expedition) to [Greenland](/source/Danish_colonization_of_Greenland); [Godske Lindenov](/source/Godske_Lindenov)'s flagship during [his expedition](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lindenov_expedition&action=edit&redlink=1) the next year; and [Carsten Richardson](/source/Carsten_Richardson)'s flagship during [his failed expedition](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richardson_expedition&action=edit&redlink=1) the year after that. [King Christian IV](/source/King_Christian_IV)'s [expeditions to Greenland](/source/Christian_IV's_expeditions_to_Greenland) had been organized to reestablish contact with the [lost Norse settlements](/source/Norse_colonization_of_Greenland) on Greenland and then to exploit the silver and gold ore supposedly returned by the first expedition.

## *Trost* (1625)

Trost (1625) History Builder David Balfour Launched 1625 Out of service 1653 General characteristics Tonnage 60-tons Complement 68 Armament 16–20 guns

*Trost* served from 1625 to 1653.[3] The ship was considered a fast one and was constructed by David Balfour (b. 1574), a Scotsman employed by the Dano-Norwegian navy from 1597 to 1634.[3]

## See also

- [Danish colonization of Greenland](/source/Danish_colonization_of_Greenland)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Record Card for [Trost (1602)](https://web.archive.org/web/20071005044156/http://www.orlogsmuseet.dk/T/pages/Trost%20(Hunden%20Trost)(1602).htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Record card for [Trost(1625)](https://web.archive.org/web/20071005044803/http://www.orlogsmuseet.dk/T/pages/Trost(1625).htm)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-gosh_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-gosh_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-gosh_3-2) Gosch, C.C.A. (1897). [*Danish Arctic expeditions, 1605 to 1620*](https://archive.org/stream/danisharcticexp00unkngoog/danisharcticexp00unkngoog_djvu.txt).

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