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'''''Dronning Juliana Maria''''' (also spelled '''''Dronning Juliane Maria''''' and '''''Dronning Juliane Marie''''') was a [[Chinaman (ship)|Chinaman]] of the [[Danish Asiatic Company]]. Launched in [[Copenhagen]] in 1775, she was the second of four ship of the company with the same name. Her name was probably inspired by [[Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel|her namesake]]'s death.{{cn|date=July 2024}} She only sailed on two expeditions to [[Guangzhou|Canton]]. Her fate is unclear. The DAC's third ''[[Dronning Juliana Maria (1780 DAC ship)|Dronning Juliana Maria]]'' was launched in 1780.
==Construction==
The ship was constructed at the Danish Asiatic Company's own dockyard at [[Asiatisk Plads]]. She was designed by master shipbuilder Poul Frantzen.<ref name="jmarcussen">{{cite web|url=http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/skibsliste/side.php?id=9238|title=Enkeltskibser: Dronning Juliane Maria|language=Danish|website=jmarcussen.dk|access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref>
==Career==
[[File:Haste, Johan Henrik.jpg|thumb|Johan Henrich Haste.]]
;1775-1777
''Dronning Juliana Maria'' was captained by Johan Henrich Haste on her first expedition to Canton. The ship's protocol (kept by Haste) covers the period of  9 November 1775 {{ndash}} 4 August 1777.<ref name="Bro-Jørgensen">{{cite web|url=https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/922702.pdf|title=Asiatiske, vestindiske og guineiske handelskompagnier|language=Danish|website=slaegtsbibliotek.dk|access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref>
;1777-1780
She set sail from Copenhagen in December 1777, bound for [[Tranquebar]]. [[Hermann Abbestée]], Friedrich Ludvig le Fevre and Friderich Johan Peter von Lichtenstein were on board the ship as passengers. Abbestée was accompanied by his wife, three children, a governess, three maids and two servants.<ref name="Larsen">{{cite web|url=https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/922667.pdf|title=Guvernører, residenter, kommandanter og chefer|language=Danish|author=Larsen, Kay|publisher=Arthur Jensens Forlag|access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref>
The ship reached Tranquebar on 16 January 1880. She arrived back in Copenhagen in July 1780. The ship's protocol (12 November 1777 {{ndash}} 17 July 1780) was kept by master (''styrmand'')  H. H. Hviid and master H. Schovert.<ref name="Bro-Jørgensen"/>
==Fate==
The fate of the ship is unclear. Another ''Dronning Juliana Maria'' was launched from the Danish Asiatic Company's dockyard in 1790. The old ship was most likely sold to a private operator. A voyage is possibly mentioned in 1785.<ref name="jmarcussen"/>
== References ==
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[[Category:Ships of the Danish Asiatic Company]]
[[Category:Ships built in Copenhagen]]
[[Category:Frigates of Denmark]]
[[Category:1775 ships]]