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Jessen, C. W.
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Personal Information |
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Full Name: |
Carl Wilhelm Jessen |
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Date of Birth: |
July
10, 1764 |
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Place of Birth: |
Fredensborg, Northern Zealand |
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Family
Relations: |
Son
of Nicolaj Jacob Jessen and wife Marie Christine Jessen, born Jacobi |
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Marriage: |
Married to Anna Margrethe Jessen, born Erichsen |
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Promotions |
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Date: |
Promotion: |
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1776 |
Naval
Cadet |
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September 18, 1782 |
Sub
lieutenant |
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March
6, 1789 |
Lieutenant |
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December 23, 1796 |
Lieutenant Commander |
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December 16, 1803 |
Commander |
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December 29, 1810 |
Commander senior grade |
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July
31, 1815 |
Captain |
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June 9, 1822 |
Rear Admiral (brevet) |
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Orders, Decorations &
Distinctions |
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Date: |
Orders, Decorations &
Distinction: |
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1801 |
HM
the King's Sword of Honor, with the inscription: "For udvist mod den 3.
marts 1801" (which states; "For outstanding courage on March 3, 1801" |
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January 28, 1809 |
Officer of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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January 28, 1812 |
Silver Cross of the Order of the Dannebroge |
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Military
Service |
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Military
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1781-1783 |
Service on the frigate
MOEN to the Danish West Indies (DWI) |
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August 7, 1788 |
Enlistment Officer in Elsinore, Northern Zealand |
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November 13, 1789 |
Drilling Officer at the Naval Cadet's Academy |
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1790 |
Commander of the Royal boat
MAKRELEN |
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1792 |
Service on the frigate
FREDERIKSVAERN (Training ship for Naval Cadets) |
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1793-194 |
1st
Officer on the brig LOUGEN to the DWI |
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1795 |
1st
Officer i the frigate THETIS i a joined Danish-Swedish Squadron |
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1798-1800 |
1st
Officer at the Naval Cadet's Academy |
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1799 |
Commander of the cutter
FORSVAR in the North Sea |
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1800-1801 |
Commanding Officer (CO) of the brig
LOUGEN (Guard ship at the DWI) |
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1803-1804 |
CO of
the frigate FREDERIKSSTEEN (Guard ship at the DWI) |
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1805 |
CO of
the schooner OERNEN |
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1806 |
Member of the judging committee on board the training ship for the Naval
Cadets, the ship-of-the-line PRINDS CHRISTIAN FREDERIK |
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1807-
March 22, 1808 |
CO of
the ship-of-the-line PRINDS CHRISTIAN FREDERIK |
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March
1808-
June 1808 |
British imprisonment in Gothenburg, Sweden |
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1809 |
CO of
the barge HVALROSSEN (the Naval Floating Defense Squadron at Copenhagen |
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December 1809 |
CO of
the battery TREKRONER in Copenhagen, including the attached barges, gunboats
etc. |
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1813 |
He
was in addition appointed CO of the gunboat flotilla in the Sound |
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June
1, 1822 |
Commandant on Saint Thomas at the DWI |
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June
9, 1822 |
Most
honor full discharge with brevet
of Rear Admiral |
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Other Achievements |
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Date: |
Achievement: |
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1784-1786 |
Merchant service on ships of the "Vestindisk Kompagni" |
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September 1, 1800 |
As
the CO of the LOUGEN, he seizes the British Letter-of-Mark, the EAGLE. |
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March
3, 1801 |
As
the CO of the LOUGEN, he is fighting a battle against a superior English
force (2 frigates). He is later awarded HM the King's Sword of Honor for
this episode.
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complete story here |
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September 23, 1803 |
He
should join the Government of the DWI on all naval matters and all matters
on naval defense |
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March
22, 1808 |
As
the CO of the PRINDS CHRISTIAN FREDERIK, he was attacked by a strong English
force of 2 ships-of-the-line and 3 frigates, north of Zealand. After 3½
hours of fierce heroic fighting, the Danish ship was burning, and
several men killed; including on of the heroes from the Battle of
Copenhagen, Peter Willemoes
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the
complete story here |
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September 2, 1813 |
Engaged in a battle with an English squadron outside Helsingborg |
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1814-1817 |
Merchant service as Commander on ships of the "Vestindisk Kompagni" |
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April
21, 1820 |
Member of the board for the institution "Bombeboessen" |
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September 8, 1822 |
Governor of Saint Thomas, DWI |
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Death |
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Date: |
Cemetery: |
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March
30, 1823 |
Died
on Saint Thomas, DWI, and buried there. On his burial plot,
a monument was revealed on January 29, 1901.
Jessen's remains were moved to Holmens kirke (the Naval church)
in Copenhagen 1901 and buried there. |
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Sources: |
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Det Danske
Søofficerskorps 1801-1919, by
Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen, Gyldendals Boghandel
and Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1919 |
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Faedrelandsk Nekrolog, by
Frederik Thaarup, Copenhagen, 1835-1844 |
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Officerer i den
Dansk-Norske Søetat 1660-1814 og den Danske Søetat 1814-1932, Bind I og II,
by
Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen og Emil
Marquard,
H. Hagerups Forlag, Copenhagen,
1935 |
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44You are also referred to the
Naval Bibliography |
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