Tycho Brahe personalities. When Tycho and Vedel returned from Leipzig in 1565, Denmark was at war with Sweden, and as vice-admiral of the Danish fleet Jørgen Brahe had become a national hero for having participated in the sinking of the Swedish warship "Mars" during the First battle of Öland (1564). Shortly after Tycho's arrival in Denmark, Jørgen Brahe was defeated in the Action of 4 June 1565, and shortly afterwards died of a fever. Stories have it that he contracted pneumonia after a night of drinking with the Danish King Frederick II when the king fell into the water in a Copenhagen
MF Tycho Brahe in Tomrefjord, Norway. Currently, the ship is owned by Scandlines A/S and operated by Scandlines GmbH. Between 1991 and 1997, M/F "Tycho Brahe" was owned by DSB Rederi. M/F "Tycho Brahe" can carry 1250 passengers, 260 trucks, 240 cars and 9 passenger train coaches at one time. The ship has three railtracks with the total length of 266 meters. M/F "Tycho Brahe" has a sister ship, . The two ships are scheduled to be converted to full electric propulsion with 4 MWh batteries each, being recharged from land by a robot when docked. Two of the four diesel engines will