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HDMS Bellona (1830)

HDMS Bellona (1830) is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand HDMS Bellona (1830) rather than just read about it. In short: HDMS Bellona was a frigate of the Royal Danish Navy, which she served from 1835 to 1862. On her maiden voyage to the Mediterranean Sea, she picked up some of Bertel Thorvaldsen's sculptures.

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Reference excerpt

HDMS Bellona was a frigate of the Royal Danish Navy, which she served from 1835 to 1862. On her maiden voyage to the Mediterranean Sea, she picked up some of Bertel Thorvaldsen's sculptures. Thorvaldsen lived 40 years in Rome. In 1840, she was sent on a partly diplomatic and partly scientific expedition to South America.

Construction and design

Bellona was built at Nyholm to a design by Andreas Schifter.She was one of four frigates in the same class. The others were HDMS Freya (1824-1853), HDMS Havfruen (1825) (1832-1864) and HDMS Rota (1825) (1822-1863) Bellona was 48.09 metres (157 ft 9 in) long, with a beam of 11.84 metres (38 ft 10 in) and a draught of 5.42 metres (17 ft 9 in). She displaced 7051⁄2 læster. Her complement was 404 men. She was equipped with 46 18 pound cannons. A model of this ship, placed in 1840, can be seen in St. Jørgensbjerg Kirke in Roskilde

Career

Mediterranean Sea

HDMS Bellona was launched on 15 September 1830. Commissioned on 1 May 1835, she completed an expedition to the Mediterranean Sea from Copenhagen between 1 May and 5 September 1835. She was under the command of captain Louis de Coninck and brought back some of Bertel Thorvaldsen's works.

Voyage to South America

From 24 August 1840 to 21 August 1841, under command of captain Christian Wulff, she completed a voyage to South America. The primary purpose of this voyage was the establishment of trade agreements with the South American states, but also to establish contact to emigrated Danish citizens and in general fly the Danish flag in the new world. Scientific expeditions were also in fashion (not the least the recently completed voyage of HMS Beagle 1831-36 with Charles Darwin on board) and the Danish King Christian VIII had a keen interest for natural sciences. Thus on board Bellona was the 41 year old naturalist Henrik Nikolai Krøyer. Almost nothing is known from direct sources about Krøyer's work on Bellona, but indirectly from his later scientific publications it is evident that he collected a wealth of animals, in particular crustaceans.

First Schleswig War and later years

In 1847, from 15 May to 18 August, she was commissioned to pick up a load of cereal products in St. Petersburg. She was then equipped for service in the First Schleswig War. On 10 August 1849, she ran aground in the Elbe whilst blockading Hamburg. The blockade was due to be lifted the next day. Bellona was in use as a naval training ship from 16 May to 25 September 1858. She was under command of captain R. F. E. Dirkinck-Holmfeld.

Fate She was decommissioned from the Navy on 25 June 1862. She was for a while used as a storage facility at Høruphav in 1864 before being broken up in 1868. In his memoirs, published as Min Rejsegennem Livet, Andreas Drachamnn, who served as ship's physician onboard the ship, had provided an account of her voyage to Livorno.

References

External links

Fregatten Belonas togt til Sydamerika 1840-41 Den danske besejling af Sydamerika i det 19. århundrede Source Danish Naval Museum website - then click Skibregister, then B, and the Bellona record is on page 2. - - the ship's record, which gives further references to Topsøe-Jensen for the naval officers who saw service in this ship Marcussen Website T. A. Topsøe-Jensen og Emil Marquard (1935) “Officerer i den dansk-norske Søetat 1660-1814 og den danske Søetat 1814-1932“. Two volumes Volume 1 and Volume 2 Orlogbasen Archived 2012-12-31 at the Wayback Machine - the database for all ships in the Danish Navy. [https://www.henrikpontoppidan.dk/text/hps/nyhedsbrev/nyhed58.html Source}

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with HDMS Bellona (1830)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what HDMS Bellona (1830) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to HDMS Bellona (1830) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about HDMS Bellona (1830) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of HDMS Bellona (1830)

In research: HDMS Bellona (1830) appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses HDMS Bellona (1830) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: HDMS Bellona (1830) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1830 ships, Frigates of the Royal Danish Navy, Maritime incidents in August 1849, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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Frequently asked questions

What is HDMS Bellona (1830) in simple terms?

HDMS Bellona was a frigate of the Royal Danish Navy, which she served from 1835 to 1862. On her maiden voyage to the Mediterranean Sea, she picked up some of Bertel Thorvaldsen's sculptures.

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Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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