Trost was a 60-ton ship of the Dano-Norwegian navy. It served from the 1600s (decade) until at least 1648, when it was recorded as carrying 16 guns. The name is German rather than Danish; the vessel is sometimes referenced in translation as the Comfort or the Consolation. The name, however, probably refers to one of the queen's lapdogs and the vessel is also referenced as Hunden ("Dog") and Skjodehunden ("Lapdog"). The ship was considered a fast one and was constructed by David Balfour (b. 1574), a Scotsman employed by the Dano-Norwegian navy from 1597–1634.