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Danish-Norwegian Fleet Rebuilding Plan (1630s)

Type Event Region Scandinavia Time 1630–1639

In the 1630s Christian IV pushed naval reconstruction after the 1629 Peace of Lübeck, expanding warships, strengthening Copenhagen and Helsingør defe…

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  1. 1630–1632Copenhagen · DenmarkDenmark's disastrous defeat in the war against the Empire (1625-1629) forced the Peace of Lübeck and withdrawal from the war. Christian IV immediately launched a review of naval capability, appointing a naval commission to draw up an expansion plan, determined to rebuild sea control in the Baltic against further Swedish expansion.
  2. 1633–1639Copenhagen royal dockyard · DenmarkDenmark brought in shipwrights and artillery experts from the Dutch Republic and England, built several new three-masted ships of the line at the Copenhagen royal dockyard, and modernized the cannon batteries of Helsingør Castle to strengthen control of the Øresund.

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