Leaving the hall of the
“Farvandsvæsenet” you enter the “Model Hall” which contains an
exhibition of various ship models. First you see models of sailing-ships from the Merchant
navy, and in the far end of the hall, there are models of warships, several of which took
part in the 2nd World War.
One of the models is of a floating battery called “Det Gernerske Flydebatteri”
or the “Naval Battery No. 1”. This battery took part in the Battle of Copenhagen
2nd April 1801, where it was commanded by the 18 years old sublieutenant Peter Willemoes.
You also see a model of a gunboat, which were built for the Royal Danish Navy after 1807,
when most of the ships of the Navy were conquered by the British Navy after the
bombardment of Copenhagen. On the wall above the model is a painting of the old sheds at
the Naval Base of Copenhagen where the gunboats were stored.
You also see a rather large model of the training ship KØBENHAVN, which belonged to the
East Asiatic Company. The ship was lost in the South Atlantic during a voyage from South
America to Australia just before Christmas in 1928. It is not known why the ship was
wrecked. No piece of wreck from has ever been found. Maybe the five-masted bark carried
too many sails when it was hit by a heavy squall and thereby capsized. Her last Danish
port was Aalborg (Nørresundby), where she loaded cement for South America, and from here
again grain for Australia.
Here is also a model of the Danish Government Training Ship DANMARK.
