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Munck, Hans

Personal Information

Full Name:

Hans Munck

Date of Birth:

August 10, 1766

Photo missing...

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

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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.

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Orders, Decorations & Distinctions

Date:

Orders, Decorations & Distinction:

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n/a

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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

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Other Achievements

Date:

Achievement:

May 15, 1797

Participated in the Battle at Tripoli, on board a leased Chebeque

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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.

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Death

Date:

Cemetery:

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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