Najaden
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Najaden may refer to:
Ships of the Royal Danish-Norwegian Navy and the Royal Danish Navy
Ships of the Swedish Navy
Ships of the Royal Danish-Norwegian Navy and the Royal Danish Navy
Royal Danish Navy
The Royal Danish Navy is the sea-based branch of the Danish Defence force. The RDN is mainly responsible for maritime defence and maintaining the sovereignty of Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese territorial waters...
- NajadenHDMS Najaden (1796)HDMS Najaden was a frigate of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy, which she served from 1796 to 1807 until the British captured her in 1807. While in Dano-Norwegian service she participated in an action at Tripoli, North Africa. She served the Royal Navy as the fifth rate HMS Nyaden from 1808 until...
, frigate (1796-1807) - NajadenHDMS Najaden (1811)HDMS Najaden was a frigate in the Royal Danish-Norwegian Navy. She was commissioned in 1811 and originally carried 36 guns, later being upgraded to 42. She served briefly during the Gunboat War only seeing action once, when on 6 July 1812 the British ship of the line and the sank her during the...
, frigate (1811-1812) - See Battle of LyngørBattle of LyngørThe Battle of Lyngør was a naval battle fought between Denmark-Norway and Britain in 1812 on the southern coast of Norway, effectively concluding the Gunboat War in Britain's favour and putting Denmark-Norway out of the war.-Background:...
. the ship discovered off the coast of NorwayNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... - Najaden, corvette (1820-1852)
- Najaden, corvette (1854-1865)
- Najaden, submarine (1913-1931)
- Najaden, torpedo boat. Originally named "Najaden" it was launched as "Willemoes" 1947-1966
- Najaden, patrol vessel? (Danish: bevogtningsfartøj) (1963-1991)
Ships of the Swedish Navy
- HMS Najaden (1834)
- HMS Najaden (1897)HMS Najaden (1897)HMS Najaden is a Swedish Navy training ship launched in 1897, now preserved as a museum ship in Halmstad and moored on the River Nissan by Halmstad Castle....
, a training ship now preserved as a museum ship