Commander s.g. Hans Munck (1766-1822)

Munck, Hans
Personal Information
Full Name:	Hans Munck
Date of Birth:	August 10, 1766
Place of Birth:	Copenhagen
Family Relations:	Son of Counselor of Justice, Morten Munck, and wife Karen Munck, born Barfred
Marriage:	Married to Mette Dorthea Munck, born Borchhorst

Promotions
Date:	Promotion:
1780	Naval Cadet
March 6, 1789	Sub Lieutenant
December 5, 1794	Lieutenant
December 18, 1801	Lieutenant Commander
March 31, 1808	Commander
January 28, 1813	Commander s.g.

Orders, Decorations & Distinctions
Date:	Orders, Decorations & Distinction:
-	n/a

Military Service
Date:	Military Service:
1794	1st Officer on the brig GLOMMEN
May 28, 1795	Enlistment Officer in Mandal, Norway
1796-1799	Service on the brig SARPEN (in the Mediterranean Squadron)
1797	Commander of a Chebeque, leased on Malta
1800	Service on the brig LOUGEN to the Danish West Indies (DWI)
1800	Commander of the schooner DEN AARVAAGNE (Guard ship at the DWI)
1801	Service on the warship TREKRONER
1801	Service on the warship DANMARK on route
1803-1806	Surveying along the West Coast of Jutland
1807- February 1812	Commander of Duty station on the battery TREKRONER in Copenhagen
1810	Temporary Commanding Officer of the barge LINDORMEN (The Copenhagen Defense Squadron)
February 25, 1812- May 22, 1814	Commandant of Christiansoe (a small Island just to the East of Bornholm, in the Baltic)
September 20, 1815	Leaving the Navy

Other Achievements
Date:	Achievement:
May 15, 1797	Participated in the Battle at Tripoli, on board a leased Chebeque

Additional Comments

On November 23, 1915 he was sentenced to pay a compensation of 3503 rix-dollars to the State for having cause losses to the State, by freighting commodities on board private merchant ships, in stead of using the Royal ships.

This compensation was, however, forgiven by Royal Resolution on February 4, 1816.

Death
Date:	Cemetery:
August 9, 1822	n/a

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Sources:
&	Det Danske Søofficerskorps 1801-1919, by Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen, Gyldendals Boghandel and Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1919
&	Officerer i den Dansk-Norske Søetat 1660-1814 og den Danske Søetat 1814-1932, Bind I og II, by Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen og Emil Marquard, H. Hagerups Forlag, Copenhagen, 1935
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