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FIDES     1615

The frigate FIDES (Fidelity) was constructed according to a concept by the royal majesty King Christian IV. His idea was originally to allow a relatively small ship to carry a limited number of very large guns - easy to manoeuvre in the Baltic Sea, able to damage the Swedish capital ships.

The ship:                                                                    Guns:

The frigate was launced in 1615                                     16  18-pounder

Carvel build                                                                 12   8-pounder

Displacement  ---

Armament  28 guns

Crew  137

Model:

Scale  1:30

Length  155 cm

Heigth  140 cm

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     Stern gallery.

   

  

       
King Christian IV (1588-1648) vas a very religious man; he called the ship
FIDES (Faith) and according to this a girl on the port counter gallery is hol-
ding a heart (Love), on the starboard side a girl is a carrying an anchor,
(Hope), and in the center of the counter a girl is holding a cross (Faith).