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Why Danmark entered the Key Ships series before Rolf Krake

HMDS Danmark fit the theme and schedule of the first Key Ships series, while the more consequential Rolf Krake needed more research and recording time.

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Question

Why feature HMDS Danmark instead of the more significant Rolf Krake?

Short answer

Danmark fit the series theme and available research time. Rolf Krake needed a better-prepared later episode.

Notes

A viewer asks why Danmark appeared before the pioneering turret ship Rolf Krake. The series chooses ships to illuminate a wider theme rather than ranking them by fame or importance. Each episode includes design details and a short career outline, but the ship also has to serve the organizing idea for that run. Danmark fit the first series and could be researched and recorded within the available time. Rolf Krake needed more source work and a better-prepared episode, which was already being planned for a later series.