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Norske Love was second built from a series of three, the two others being "Prinz Friderich" and "Dronning Caroline Matilde" (later called "Oresund" in 1772). The ship was named the Norwegian Lion and the Danish - Norwegian Imperial Coast of Arms.

The length of the ship was 167 (Danish) feet over the sterns, width 45 feet and depth, fore and aft, 18 feet 9 inches and 20 feet. There was a normal crew of 667 men and an armament of 70 canons of iron with 26 canons 24 pd. on the lower deck, 26 canons 18 pd. on the middle deck and 18 canons 8 pd. on the upper deck.

The Danish-Norwegian Warship were, until 1780, tarred with a very dark brown colour, after which they were painted black with light-yellow battery lines (the so called "Nelson Look"). The decks were light tar coloured and the gun carriages red. All ornaments, made by sculptor C.Mollerup being reminders of Norway. On the transom there is a fisherman and a farmer, symbolizing the most important trades of Norway, agriculture and fishing.

The Norske Love was used as a guard ship in Oresund and other Danish waters.

In 1789 it was equipped as a guard ship to protect Russian ships in the Danish waters. In 1779 this ship was repaired and in 1795, after having been stripped into a block ship, was used to give shelter for homeless families after the Fire in Copenhagen that same year. In 1798 it was deleted from the Navy's registers.

Until 1814 Norske Love was a much used name for ships in the Danish-Norwegian Fleet. Thus known is a Norske Love (1665-79) an ivory model of which still exist. Further more, there was a model of the Norske Love launched in 1735 and deleted in 1764 not be mistaken for the warship this model represents. The model of this Norske Love is made on the basis original construction drawings.

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