Frigate Peter Tordenskiold, Danish Navy

FRIGATE PETER TORDENSKIOLD, DANISH NAVY

Official blazon

Skjoldet er 4-delt og hviler på et anker hvorover en kongekrone.

1. felt: I blåt en guld lynild og tordenkile.2. felt: I rødt en sølv ørn med oprejste vinger. 3. felt: I rødt to krydslagte kanoner ledsaget på siden og forneden af i alt tre kanonkugler alt i guld. 4. felt: I guld en oprejst blå løve med rød tunge holdende en skibshuggert af sølv.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on June 13, 1979.

Shown is the arms of Vice-Admiral Peter Tordenskiold (before his ennoblement known as Peter Wessel), granted on February 24, 1716. Viceadmiral Tordenskiold was one of the greatest Danish sea heroes of the Great Northern War in the beginning of the 18th century.

Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons

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