Talk:Norwegian Gunships

Article title

Can we/ should we change the title of this article? Options include:

• Norwegian gun-schooners (with or without a hyphen, a direct translation);
• Norwegian gun-boats (but we need to keep this name for the classes of smaller vessels that darted out on calm days and back to port within 24 hours):
• Norwegian gun-ships (with or without a hyphen; "ship" had a technical meaning at the time, and is readily confused nowadays with armed aircraft);
• Norwegian gun-vessels (with or without a hyphen, is close to contemporaneous British usage).
  

My preference is "Gun-schooner", which was what the Dano-Norwegian navy called them 203 years ago, I would be completely comfortable with it today.Acad Ronin (talk) 12:13, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks to Acad Ronin for raising this issue. In the original, I find the phrase Norske Kanonskonnert is evocative and poetic. When translated literally to English, I find “Norwegian gun-schooner” awkward, ugly, and poor English – hence the current title. It will be interesting to see alternative proposals. Viking1808 (talk) 15:44, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Ten or Thirteen Schooners?

This article on English Wikipedia and a similar one in Norwegian Wikipedia ( https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanonskonnert ) clearly state that only ten such gunships were built whilst Norway and Denmark were united (until 1814). It appears that three extra Norwegian Gunships (Schooners) were actually built at Trondheim, but not included (WHY?) in the original list.
The page on this wikipedia at List of Royal Norwegian Navy ships names the original ten plus three extra schooners (all built at Trondheim) with reference Mo, Sverre; Norske marinefartøy; Bodoni Forlag; Bergen; 2008. Using these extra names, they can be found on the old Danish Skibregister as follows

• Patrioten Georg is listed at Skibsregister without further info,
• Trondhjem has a record card,
• Borgersamfundet is listed but cannot be found by Wayback machine
  

None of these three are listed at the Danish naval website at Orlogsbasen.dk/Skibdk.htm
Can any true Norwegian or Dane, or even native Englander throw light on the discrepancy?
I will put a link to this note on the Norwegian wikipage.
Viking1808 (talk) 13:51, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Dunno if this helps, but here's a screenshot from the book Norges sjøvæbning 1810-1814 (Norways navy 1810-1814). I kommisjon hos Aschehoug. 1940. p. 498. (https://www.nb.no/items/6a315d6d275acd441e741b67f4e269ad?page=509): https://screenshots.firefox.com/CPeVAuUdxCf1KFq8/www.nb.no which lists the ships in Norways navy between 1810 and 1814 and the year and location they were built. TommyG (talk) 09:12, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

And, here's the same for the years 1807 to 1809: https://screenshots.firefox.com/lWKVpoLYi2BxetqH/www.nb.no from Norges sjøvæbning 1750-1809. Aschehoug. 1935. p. 497.. TommyG (talk) 09:25, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

From what I can tell, the ships Trondhjem, Christiansund, Borgersamfundet and Patrioten Georg where sloops, not schooners. TommyG (talk) 09:27, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

De fire sjalupene som ble bygd for private bidrag, blev kalt: Trondhjem, Christiansund, Borgersamfundet and Patrioten Georg (P. 274, Norges sjøvæbning 1750-1809)

Thanks for all the info and references above - they will prove very useful. The three (now four!) extra vessels built at Trondheim are not schooners but large gunboats (kanonssjalupene). The List of Royal Norwegian Navy ships may need modifying. Thank you again, wikieditors. Viking1808 (talk) 17:36, 11 April 2019 (UTC)