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stretch. He received his lieutenant's salary from 1 January 1725, but continued to plead that lack of funds led to him missing out on several learning opportunities. By 1726, the Danish admiralty was complaining about the lack of written reports with which it could gauge the two lieutenants' industry and the scientific advances he had been sent to learn. They were ordered to justify themselves.
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examined a ship designed by senior lieutenant Krag while that ship was still on the stocks. Benstrup was not happy with Thurah's professional abilities, and relationships soured. Thurah was responsible in 1731 for the purchase of timber for shipbuilding, which necessitated a visit to
Holland. Promoted in 1732 and 1734 to the rank of senior lieutenant, he became head of naval shipbuilding,
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Further promoted to captain and then commander (in 1738), Thurah continued to have problems with his finances, requiring a gift from royal funds to settle with his creditors. He was reprimanded for exceeding his authority in the shipyard by removing
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to the king. He chose to specialise in ship construction, and in April 1724, he was sent on an extended study tour to
England together with another Danish officer, Lieutenant Bragenæs. There was some discussion over his salary which was still that of a cadet, and he could not make his travel expenses
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In 1728, Bragenæs and Thurah worked up designs for a 56-gun ship based on
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On leaving the navy, until his death in 1788, Thurah was busy for many years with literary work and translations, particularly in relation to religious art and tracts. Amongst the pieces he translated from
English were works by
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In late 1726, a book of plans for a 72-gun ship-of-the-line was produced, and the two lieutenants sought a further year to profit from their studies. In
November 1727, they were recalled to Copenhagen.
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Runeberg - Samlinger til en beskrivende Catalog over Portraiter af Danske, Norske og Holstenere / (Written descriptions of portraits by Danish, Norwegian and Holstein artists).
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In 1723, Diderich de Thurah received an immediate commission into the Royal Danish navy after presenting a fine carved model in amber of the ship-of-the-line
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and given the post of head of customs. A charge of abuse of authority was laid against Thurah in 1764 by a ship owner in
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was presented to the monarch in 1723 and was on display in the king's art collection.
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