HDMS Najaden

Several ships of the Royal Danish-Norwegian Navy (1509–1814) and the Royal Danish Navy have borne the name Najaden, after the mythological water spirit, including:^[1]

• HDMS Najaden (1796), a frigate (1796–1807)
• HDMS Najaden (1811), a frigate (1811–1812)
• HDMS Najaden (1820), a corvette (1820–1852)
• HDMS Najaden (1854), a corvette (1854–1865)
• HDMS Najaden (1913), a submarine (1913–1931)
• HDMS Willemoes (1947), a torpedo boat (1947–1966), originally named Najaden
• HDMS Najaden (1963), a patrol vessel (Danish: bevogtningsfartøj) (1963–1991)
• HDMS Najaden (P523), a Diana-class patrol vessel

The corvette Najaden under sail, by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

See also

• HSwMS Najaden
• Najaden, 1858 to 1907 - a Norwegian commercial brig (history)
• STS Kapitan Borchardt, 1918, a gaff-schooner called Najaden until 2011