Two ships named ''Trost'' served with the

Dano-Norwegian navy The history of the Danish navy began with the founding of a joint Dano-Norwegian navy on 10 August 1510, when King John appointed his vassal Henrik Krummedige to become "chief captain and head of all our captains, men and servants whom we now ...

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. *Trost (1625) was a pinnace with a crew of 68 and 20 (or 16?) cannon which served from 1625 to 1653.Record card fo
Trost(1625)
/ref> 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 Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (26 June 1575 – 8 April 1612) was Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1597 to 1612 as the first spouse of King Christian IV of Denmark. Life Anne Catherine was born in Halle (Saale) and raised in Wolmirstedt. Her pa ...

's lapdogs and the vessel is also referenced as ''Hunden'' ("Dog") and ''Skjodehunden'' ("Lapdog").

''Trost'' (1602)

''Trost'' served as John Cunningham's flagship during the 1605 Hans Køning expedition to

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland i ...

;

Godske Lindenov Godske Christoffersen Lindenov or Lindenow (d. 1612 Copenhagen) was a Denmark, 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 L ...

's flagship during his expedition the next year; and

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 flagship during his failed expedition the year after that.

King Christian IV Christian IV (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 until his death in 1648. His reign of 59 years, 330 days is the longest of Danish monarchs and Scandinavian monar ...

's expeditions to Greenland had been organized 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.

''Trost'' (1625)

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

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Trost Trost may refer to: People * Al Trost, United States soccer midfielder * Barry Trost, American chemist * Brad Trost, Canadian Member of Parliament * Carlisle Trost, United States Navy officer * Dolfi Trost, Romanian surrealist * Katharina Trost, G ...

1600s ships {{denmark-hist-stub

''Trost'' (1602)

''Trost'' (1625)

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