Danish East India Company
The Danish East India Company[1] (Danish: Ostindisk Kompagni[2]) refers to two separate Danish-Norwegian chartered companies. The first company operated between 1616 and 1650. The second company existed between 1670 and 1729, however, in 1730 it was re-founded as the Asiatic Company (Danish: Asiatisk Kompagni).
First company
The first Danish East India Company was chartered in 1616 under
During their heyday, the Danish East India Company and
Second company, and the Asiatic Company
In 1670, a second Danish East India Company was established, before it too was dissolved in 1729. In 1730, it was refounded as the Asiatic Company and opened trade with Qing China at Canton. The first expedition went badly, with Den gyldne Løve lost with its cargo of silver off Ballyheigue, Ireland, on the outbound journey. Local landowners held the silver at their estate and pursued a salvage claim, but a gang of locals overpowered the Danish guard and made off with the hoard, causing a diplomatic row between Denmark-Norway and Britain.[6] With the royal licence conferred in 1732, the new company was granted a 40-year monopoly on all Danish trade east of the Cape of Good Hope. Before 1750, it sent 27 ships; 22 survived the journey to return to Copenhagen.[6] In 1772, the company lost its monopoly and in 1779, Danish India became a crown colony.
During the
Ships
- Kiøbenhavn and Christian (1618–1621, part of the Tranquebar)[8]
- Christianshavn (8 November 1639, Willem Leyel left Tranquebar as commander of this ship)[8]
- Flyvende Ulv (Departure from Tranquebar 1687)[9]
- Cron Printz Christian (Cron Printzen) and Den gyldne Løve (1730–31, the Tønder expedition that opened trade with China - Den gyldne Løve was shipwrecked in Ireland)
- Elephant(en) (1747–1750) The ship was lost on 15 August
- Grev Moltke (1760, first Moravian missionaries)
- Nicobar Sunk 1783 with load of Swedish Plate Money.
- Disco (1778 ship), frigate built for the Danish navy and named for Disko Island, but transferred to Danish EIC before maiden voyage.[12][13]
- Hussar, purchased 1783.[14]
- Holsten (I), renamed from Det Store Bælt, declared unseaworthy and condemned at Mauritius in 1807[15]
- Holsten (II) purchased in 1806 from the French at Mauritius and renamed to replace Holsten (I).[16] Seized by the British (HMS Modeste (1793), HMS Terpsichore (1785) and HMS Dasher) on the Hooghly in January 1808.[17] Six other Danish ships were seized at the same time
See also
- Danish India
- Danish Mission College
- Tranquebar Mission
- Danish West India Company
- British East India Company
- Assada Company, English trading company, founded 1635 and ceased 1657
- Austrian East India Company, founded 1775 and ceased 1785
- Dutch East India Company, founded 1602 and ceased 1798
- French East India Company, founded 1664 and ceased 1769
- Portuguese East India Company, founded 1628 and ceased 1633
- Swedish East India Company, founded 1731 and ceased 1813
- List of trading companies
- Whampoa anchorage
References
- ^ "The Danish East India Company". Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2004.
- ^ "Ostindisk Kompagni". Den Store Danske (Gyldendal) (in Danish). Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer. W. Rushton and Company. 1841. p. 415.
- ISBN 9788815011985., note n° 66, p. 326: "Senarat of Kandysent to Trincomalee 60 Sinhala men in order to help the Danes in the construction of their fort. During their permanence in Trincomalee, the Danesh coined also some "Larins", on which were recorded the words 'Don Erich Grubbe', of these coins, today do not remain trace, if not in the diary of Ove Giedde."
- ^ Foreningen Trankebar. "Artikel om en tur fra Chennai til Trankebar Archived 16 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine".
- ^ a b Foreningen Trankebar. "Brev fra England Archived 16 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine".
- ^ "No. 16982". The London Gazette. 7 February 1815. p. 219.
- ^ a b The Trials and Travels of Willem Leyel: An Account of the Danish East India Company in Tranquebar, 1639-48
- ^ "Enkeltskibsoplysninger FLYVENDE ULV / DEN FLYVENDE ULV / ULVEN". 14 December 2021.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 1595. Lloyd's of London. 12 March 1750.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 1597. Lloyd's of London. 19 March 1750.
- ^ Marcussen - Disco
- ^ Royal Danish Navy Museum - List of ships Archived 31 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine - Disco
- ^ Lloyd's Register (1784), Seq. №H343.]
- ^ Marcussen - Holsten (I) record card
- ^ Marcussen - Holsten (II) record card
- ^ London Gazette Issue 16982 Page 219 dated 7 February 1815