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| Ship caption= ''Indfødsretten'' flanked by the frigates ''Kongens af Danmark'' and ''Disklo'' and with the Swedish frigate ''Finland'' in the background, 1781.
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| Ship name= ''Indfødsretten''
| Ship namesake= [[Danish Citizenship Act of 1776]]
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| Header caption=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orlogsmuseet.dk/I/pages/Indf%F8dsretten(1786).htm |title=Indfødsretten (1786) |work=[[Royal Danish Naval Museum]] |year=2009 |accessdate=24 June 2012 |language=da |archive-date=28 December 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228153524/http://www.orlogsmuseet.dk/I/pages/Indf%F8dsretten(1786).htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Danish Naval Museum - [http://www.orlogsbasen.dk/visskib.asp?skib=Indf%F8dsretten&la=1 Indfødsretten] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704171744/http://www.orlogsbasen.dk/visskib.asp?skib=Indf%F8dsretten&la=1 |date=2020-07-04 }} - a single technical drawing can be seen by clicking "Vis"</ref>
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'''HDMS ''Indfødsretten''''' (lit. Citizenship) was a ship of the line of the [[Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy]], launched in 1776. She sank in an unknown location in the Atlantic Ocean on her way back from [[Tranquebar]] in 1783.
==Construction and design==
''Indfødsretten'' was constructed at [[Holmen, Copenhagen|Nyholm Dockyard]] to a design by [[Henrik Gerner]]. She was laid down on 25 March 1775, launched on 11 May 1776 and the construction was completed in 1778.<ref name="Trap">{{cite web|url=https://trap.lex.dk/Indf%C3%B8dsretten_(1776)|title=Indfødsretten (1776)|language=Danish|website=Trap Danmark|access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref>
She was {{Convert|158|ft|abbr=on}} with a beam of {{Convert|43|ft|abbr=on}} and a draught of {{Convert|18|ft|abbr=on}}. Her complement was 559 men and her armament was 60 24-pounder guns.<ref name="Trap"/>
==Career==
In 1781, together with ''Kongens af Danmark'' and ''Disko''m she was used for escorting Danish Chinamen and Eastindiamen.
On 9 June 1782, she sailed from Copenhagen, bound for Cape Town and Tranquebar. She arrived at Tranquebar on 10 January 1783. She departed from Tranquebar in February, reaching Cape Town in June. She departed from Cape Town on 23 June 1783, bound for Copenhagen. She sank on the way back in an unknown location somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. A ''barkasse'' and a [[ Yard (sailing)|yard]] from the ship stranded on the south coast of Iceland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jmarcussen.dk/maritim/skibsliste/side.php?id=8416|title=Indfødsretten|language=Danish|website=jmarcussen.dk|access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref>
==References==
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