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Munck, Hans
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Personal Information |
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Full Name: |
Hans Munck |
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Date of Birth: |
August 10, 1766 |
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Place of Birth: |
Copenhagen |
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Family
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Son
of Counselor of Justice, Morten Munck, and wife Karen Munck, born Barfred |
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Marriage: |
Married to Mette Dorthea Munck, born Borchhorst |
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Promotions |
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Date: |
Promotion: |
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1780 |
Naval Cadet |
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March
6, 1789 |
Sub Lieutenant |
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December 5, 1794 |
Lieutenant |
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December 18, 1801 |
Lieutenant Commander |
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March
31, 1808 |
Commander |
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January 28, 1813 |
Commander s.g. |
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Orders, Decorations &
Distinctions |
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Orders, Decorations &
Distinction: |
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n/a |
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Military
Service |
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Military
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1794 |
1st
Officer on the brig GLOMMEN |
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May
28, 1795 |
Enlistment Officer in Mandal, Norway |
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1796-1799 |
Service on the brig
SARPEN (in the Mediterranean Squadron) |
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1797 |
Commander of a Chebeque, leased on Malta |
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1800 |
Service on the brig
LOUGEN to the Danish West Indies (DWI) |
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1800 |
Commander of the schooner
DEN AARVAAGNE (Guard ship at the DWI) |
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1801 |
Service on the warship
TREKRONER |
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1801 |
Service on the warship
DANMARK on route |
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1803-1806 |
Surveying along the West Coast of Jutland |
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1807-
February 1812 |
Commander of Duty station on the battery
TREKRONER in Copenhagen |
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1810 |
Temporary Commanding Officer of the barge
LINDORMEN (The Copenhagen Defense
Squadron) |
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February 25, 1812-
May 22, 1814 |
Commandant of Christiansoe (a small Island just to the East of Bornholm, in
the Baltic) |
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September 20, 1815 |
Leaving the Navy |
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Other Achievements |
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Achievement: |
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May
15, 1797 |
Participated in the Battle at Tripoli, on board a leased Chebeque |
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Additional Comments |
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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. |
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This
compensation was, however, forgiven by Royal Resolution on February 4, 1816. |
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Death |
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Cemetery: |
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August 9, 1822 |
n/a |
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Sources: |
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Det Danske
Søofficerskorps 1801-1919, by
Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen, Gyldendals Boghandel
and Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1919 |
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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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