Staverns Fortress

Staverns Fortress changed into a military facility positioned at the island of Citadelloya at Stavern in Vestfold, Norway. The production of Staverns Fort began in 1677 when Ulrik Frederick Gyldenlove constructed a blockhouse with battery and palisades on a hill as part of the overall improvement of Norwegian fortresses. The fort become first built on Karlsoy all through the Gyldenlove War. Fredriksvern and Fredriksvern Verft become mounted because the headquarters for the Norwegian Fleet from 1750 until 1758 in order that the older fortification became part of the naval base and called the Citadellet and the island Citadelloya.

The castle turned into expanded in 1687 till 1689 to encompass 3 canon batteries and a blockhouse. The castle served as an crucial base for Norwegian naval hero Tordenskiold and his fleet throughout the Great Northern War’s very last Norwegian section from 1709 until 1720 and as a vital staging point for sea trade from Denmark in this era. The castle was the house port for the Danish–Norwegian Kattegat squadron. And not least, it served as a main chandelling and forwarding middle for canon from the Norwegian ironworks and other device.