HDMS Sophia Amalia
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| Name | Sophia Amalia |
| Namesake | Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
| Launched | 1650[1] |
| Refit | 1673 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1687[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ship of the line |
| Displacement | 2,700–2,800 t (2,657–2,756 long tons) |
| Length | 51.81 m (170 ft 0 in)[1] |
| Beam | 12.64 m (41 ft 6 in)[1] |
| Draught | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)[1] |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 430-885[3] |
| Armament | 86-108 guns[3] |
The Sophia Amalia was a ship of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy[4] named after Sophia Amalia, the wife of King Frederick III.
The ship was built at Hovedøen in Christiania under the direction of English shipbuilder James Robbins and was launched in 1650. She was 51.8 meters long and at that time one of the largest naval vessels in the world. She was commissioned by King Christian IV specifically to surpass the British ship Sovereign of the Seas. The ship was manned by a crew of 680 and had an armament of 108 guns, surpassing Sovereign of the Seas by eight guns.
Captains
- Rasmus Clemmensen 3 June 1667[5]
- Simon Fochs de Boer May 1673[6]
- Niels Juel August 1675[7] as head of vanguard in the Baltic Sea Fleet under Cort Adelaer with the admiral's flag raised in the Sophie Amalia
- Gustavus Meyer (junior lieutenant on board in 1684)[8]
