Peter Tordenskjold

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What Wikipedia says

Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold (28 October 1690 – 12 November 1720) was a Norwegian naval officer and Vice-Admiral of the Royal Dano-Norwegian fleet during the Great Northern War. Born in Trondheim, he travelled to Copenhagen in 1704 and eventually joined the navy, rising to the rank of vice-admiral.

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