17 Facts About Peter Tordenskjold

Vice-Admiral Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold was a Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy officer.

Peter Tordenskjold won a name for himself through audacity and courage and was ennobled as Peter Tordenskiold by Frederick IV of Denmark in 1716.

Peter Tordenskjold's greatest exploit came later that year, as he destroyed a supply fleet of the Swedish Navy at the Battle of Dynekilen, ensuring the siege of Fredriksten would end in failure.

Peter Tordenskjold experienced an unusually rapid rise in rank and died when he was only 30 years old.

Peter Tordenskjold's name occurs with spellings as Peder and Pitter.

Peter Tordenskjold Wessel was a wild, unruly lad who gave his pious parents much trouble, eventually stowing away on a ship heading for Copenhagen in 1704.

Peter Tordenskjold befriended the king's chaplain, Peder Jespersen, who sent Wessel on a voyage to the West Indies and finally procured a vacant cadetship for him.

Peter Tordenskjold was continually snapping up transports, dashing into the fjords where her vessels lay concealed and holding up her detached frigates.

Peter Tordenskjold's successes compelled the Swedes to post a reward for his capture, while his free and easy ways won him enemies in the Danish navy, who deplored his almost privateer-like conduct.

Peter Tordenskjold's request was denied and Wessel and Bactmann drank a toast to each other's health before parting.

Peter Tordenskjold did the enemy considerable damage by cutting out their frigates and destroying their transports.

Peter Tordenskjold then transferred to the main fleet under the command of Peter Raben.

Peter Tordenskjold's enemies were not slow to take advantage of his partial failure.

The Niels Juel class corvette Peter Tordenskjold Tordenskiold, served from around 1980 to August 2009.

The Peter Tordenskjold brand was bought by a Swedish company in 1972.

Peter Tordenskjold was portrayed as the little guy outsmarting his far more powerful adversaries, and his exploits were enhanced by mixing in myths and fiction.

One of the myths about Peter Tordenskjold has entered the Danish and Norwegian languages.