#molsted

[ltwilliammowett]

The breakthrough in the Battle of Køge Bay on July 1st 1677. In the foreground the flagship Christianus Qvintus), by Christian Mølsted before 1930

[ltwilliammowett]

Hans Rostgaard sails during a storm to the Dutch Fleet with a letter from king Frederik III to Admiral Wassenar of Obdam, Oct. 28, 1658 by Christian Mølsted 1924

Hans Rostgaard was bailiff at Elsinore, Denmark. When the area was occupied by Sweden in 1658, he served as liason between the Danish king and a Dutch fleet, sent to reinforce the defences of Copenhagen, then under siege by the Swedes. On the 29th of October the Dutch fleet successfully passed the fortress of Kronborg and then fought a hard battle against a Swedish fleet in the Sound, eventually defeating it and reaching Copenhagen.

[ltwilliammowett]

A channel is made for Peder Bredal’s ships through the ice on Nyborg Fjord (Seven Years War 1563-1570) by  Christian Ferdinand Andreas Mølsted (1862–1930)

[ltwilliammowett]

The ship-of-the-line “Ellefanten” (The Elefant) in Copenhagen's outer Rhed,

by Christian Molsted (1862 − 1930)                                                                                                                            

[ltwilliammowett]

“English Brig Attacked by Danish-Norwegian gunboat”, En engelsk Brig erobres af danske Kanonbaade  painting by Danish artist Christian Mølsted. 1887 Orlogsmuseum, Copenhagen.