MOWATT, CHRISTOPHER [SSNE 1375]

Surname

MOWATT, MOVAT, MOUATT, MOFFAT

First name

CHRISTOPHER, CRISTOFFER

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Region

HOVELAND, NORWAY

Social status

NOBILITY

Text source

Christoffer Mowatt was the son of Admiral Andrew Mowatt til Hoveland [SSNE 3837] and brother of Axel Mowatt [SSNE 1817] He served as a ship's captain from 1625 aboard The Spes which was possibly the second most important prestige ship in the Danish-Norwegian navy.

A.M. Weisner, 'Axel Movat og hans slegt' in Bergens Historiske Forenings Skrifter, no.36, Bergen, 1930, passim; C.F. Bricka and J.A. Fredericia, Kong Christian den fjerdes egenhaendige Breve, (8 vols., Copenhagen, 1878-1947), vols. IV. and 7. p. 45. List of Warships and officers, March-April, 1628.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, NAVY, HOVELAND

Arrived 1625-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1640-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose NAVAL