HDMS Lougen
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Three ships of the Royal Danish Navy
have born the name HDMS Lougen. The name "Lougen" is derived from the river Laagen
in Norway.
Royal Danish Navy
The Royal Danish Navy is the sea-based branch of the Danish Defence force. The RDN is mainly responsible for maritime defence and maintaining the sovereignty of Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese territorial waters...
have born the name HDMS Lougen. The name "Lougen" is derived from the river Laagen
Gudbrandsdalslågen
The Gudbrandsdalslågen river flows through the Gudbrandsdal of Norway.The Gudbrandsdalslågen begins in the lake Lesjaskogsvatnet , which lies in Lesja municipality in Oppland. Lesjavatn is the only lake in Norway which has two outlets; they flow into two of Norway’s more famous rivers...
in Norway.
- The first LougenHDMS Lougen (1791)The first Lougen was a brig of 18 guns, launched in 1791. She was active protecting Danish merchant shipping and suppressing pirates in the Mediterranean and in the Caribbean...
was a brig of 18 guns, launched in 1791. She was active in the Caribbean where in March 1801, she fought off the British privateer Experiment and 22-gun warship in a single action. When the British captured the Danish West Indies in 1801 Lougen was part of the booty. The British later returned her to Denmark where she was broken up in 1803.
- The second LougenHDMS Lougen (1805)HDMS Lougen was a Danish naval brig launched in 1805. She saw service in the Danish navy before being transferred to the Norwegian navy in 1814 and then to Germany in 1825. During her service with the Danish navy, Lougen participated in two notable actions against the British Royal Navy during the...
was a sloop of 18 guns, later 20, launched in 1805, transferred to the Norwegian navy in 1814, transferred to Germany in 1825, and finally shipwrecked in 1881. - The third Lougen was a minelayer launched in 1941 that her crew scuttled in CopenhagenScuttlingScuttling is the act of deliberately sinking a ship by allowing water to flow into the hull.This can be achieved in several ways—valves or hatches can be opened to the sea, or holes may be ripped into the hull with brute force or with explosives...
harbour on 29 August 1943 before German forces could claim her. She was raised and refitted after World War II. There was an explosion on board in the early 1950s. She was decommissioned and broken up in 1975/76.