''Katten'' was a 20-ton yacht (Danish: ''jagt'') of the Dano-Norwegian navy. It was purchased from Scotland in 1605Orlogsmuseet.
Katten / Grønlandiske Kat (1605)
" and was probably only armed with a few guns. The name is Danish for "Cat"; it was also later known as the ''Grønlandiske Kat'' ("Greenland Cat").Gosch, C.C.A.
Danish Arctic expeditions, 1605 to 1620
'. 1897. The ship was considered fast and nimble and could be used closer to shore than larger vessels. ''Katten'' served as John Knight's ship during the 1605

Hans Køning expedition John Cunningham ( da, Hans Kønig, i=no; – 9 December 1651) was a Scottish nobleman, explorer, Dano-Norwegian naval captain, and Governor of Finnmark. Biography In 1605, Cunningham became captain of the 60-ton Danish naval ship . Alo ...

to Greenland and Anders Nolk's during the

Lindenov expedition Godske Christoffersen Lindenov or Lindenow (d. 1612 Copenhagen) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer. He was a commander on one of King Christian IV's expeditions to Greenland. Early life He was of the noble family Lindenov of Linders ...

the next year. She was possibly identical with the ''Greenland Bark'' recorded as accompanying the ''Trost'' on

Carsten Richardson Carsten Richardson was an early 17th-century Holsteinian-Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer. He was the commander of King Christian IV's final expedition to Greenland. Carsten Richardson was in command of one of five ships in the 1606 exped ...

's expedition in 1607. All these expeditions had been organized by King Christian IV in order to reestablish contact with the lost Norse settlements on Greenland and then to exploit the silver and gold ore supposedly returned by the first expedition. It participated in Mogens Ulfeld's fleet in 1610.

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Ships of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy 1600s ships Ships of Scotland {{denmark-hist-stub

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