&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Galathea_by_C._Dahl.jpg) HDMS Galathea by C. Fahl, 1818
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Denmark | |
| Name | HDMS Galathea |
| Builder |
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| Yard number | 24 |
| Laid down | 2 April 1831 |
| Launched | 6 October 1831 |
| Commissioned | 1833 |
| Decommissioned | 4 July 1861 |
| Homeport | Copenhagen |
 Denmark | |
| Name | Galathea |
| Owner | Tradinghouse Mohr & Kjær |
| In service | 1862 |
| Out of service | 1875 |
| Homeport | Copenhagen |
 Norway | |
| Name | Galathea |
| In service | 1875 |
| Out of service | 1889 |
| Homeport | Arendal |
| Fate | Wrecked at Oran, Algeria in 1889 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Corvette |
| Length | 43.5 m (143 ft) |
| Beam | 10.5 m (34 ft) |
| Draught | 4.5 m (15 ft) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship, 1560 m2 |
| Speed | up to 11 knots |
| Complement | 216 |
| Armament | 26 × 18 pound cannons, 6 × 4 pound howitzer |
HDMS Galathea was a three-masted corvette of the Royal Danish Navy, constructed at Gammelholm to designs by Andreas Shifter in 1831. She is above all remembered for being the ship that undertook the First Galathea Expedition, 1845–1847. On two occasions, first in 1833 and later in 1839, Galathea was also instrumental in picking some of Bertel Thorvaldsen's artworks up in Rome and bringing them back to Denmark.