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Navy Ships seized 1807

Survey of the ships and vessels seized by the British after Copenhagen's Capitulation

Below is an almost comlete survey of the ships and vessel seized by the British after Copenhagen's capitulation, September 6, 1807.

The ships are sorted by type and thereafter in alphabetical order.

The year mentioned in parantes after the ships/vessels name is the year of launching.

Ships-of-the-Line:

Flådens Ran

October 21 was a day of sorrow when the main part of the Danish-Norwegian navy left Copenhagen under the English flag.

ARVEPRINS FREDERICH (1788) - 74 Guns

CHRISTIAN DEN VII (1805) - 96 Guns

DANNEMARK (1799) - 74 Guns

DITMARSKEN (1780) - 64 Guns 1)

FYEN (1788) - 74 Guns

JUSTITIA (1780) - 74 Guns

KRONPRINS FREDERICH (1786) - 74 Guns

KRONPRINSESSE MARIA (1793) - 74 Guns

MARS (1789) - 64 Guns 2)

NEPTUNUS (1791) - 84 Guns 3)

NORGE (1801) - 74 Guns

ODIN (1791) - 74 Guns

PRINDSESSE CAROLINE (1805) - 74 Guns

PRINDSESSE SOPHIE FREDERIKKE (1775) - 74 Guns

SEJEREN (1800) - 64 Guns

SKJOLD (1796) - 74 Guns

TRE KRONER (1794) - 74 Guns

WALDEMAR (1798) - 84 Guns

1) Destroyed by the British at Holmen.

2) Burned by the British at Holmen.

3) Went aground at Taarbæk Reef, and was bog burned by the British.

Frigates:

ELVEN (1800) - 18 Guns

FRIDERICHSSTEEN (1800) 36 Guns

FRIDERICHSVÆRN (1783) - 36 Guns

FREYA (1793) - 40 Guns

FYLLA (1802) - 20 Guns

GLÜCKSTADT (1804) - 18 Guns

HAVFRUEN (1789) - 30 Guns

IRIS (1795) - 40 Guns

PERLEN (1804) - 44 Guns

LILLE BELT (1801) - 20 Guns

NAJADEN (1796) - 36 Guns

NYMPHEN (1807) - 36 Guns

PERLEN (1804) - 46 Guns

ROTA (1801) - 40 Guns

ST. THOMAS (1779) - 36 Guns 2)

TRITON (1791) - 28 Guns 2)

VENUS (1805) - 36 Guns

2) Burned by the British at Holmen

Brigs:

ALLART (1807) - 18 Guns

DELPHINEN (1805) - 18 Guns

DEN FLYVENDE FISK (1787) - 14 Guns

GLOMMEN (1792) - 18 Guns

MERCURIUS (1806) - 18 Guns

NID-ELVEN (1792) - 18 Guns

SARPEN (1792) - 18 Guns

Other Ships/Vessels: (There appears to be som uncertainty to the number of smaller ships/vessels seized by the British. )

AALBORG, Gunboat (1786)

AHRENDAHL, Gunboat (1786)

ASSENS, Gun Shallop (1807)

Bombarderbarkasse, bomb hooker (1804) A)

Bombarderbarkasse Nr. 2, bomb hooker (?) A)

Bombarderbarkasse Nr. 3, bomb hooker (?) A)

CHRISTIANSUND, Gunboat (1787)

FLENSBORG, Gunboat (1787)

FRIDERICHSSUND, Gun Shallop (1807)

HAIEN, Barge (1802) B)

HELSINGØER, Gunboat (1805-1807)

KALLUNDBORG, Gun Shallop (1807)

Kanonjolle Nr. 1, Gunboat (1805) A)

Kanonjolle Nr. 5, Gunboat (1805) A)

KIEMPEN, Barge (1804) C)

MIDDELFART, Gunboat (1807)

NAKSKOV, Gunboat (1787)

ODENSE, Gunboat (1786)

ROESKILDE, Gunboat (1805)

RØDBYE, Gun Shallop (1807)

SALTHOLMEN, Gun Shallop (1806)

STAVÆRN, Gunboat (1792)

STEGE, Gunboat (1787)

VIBORG, Gunboat (1786)

VILDANDEN, Royal Yacht (1789)

ØRNEN, Schooner (1800)

A) No firm information available.

B) Scuttled by the British.

C) Scuttled 1807, but later salvaged, decomissoned 1827.

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Sources:
&	De så det ske - ENGLANDSKRIGENE 1801-14, by Lars Lindeberg, Lademann Forlagsaktieselskab, Copenhagen 1974
&	Efterretning om det bekendte af den danske Flaades Tjeneste, efter Alphabetisk Orden, med adskillige Bilage, fra Aar 1752 og til den Dag, da Engelland voldsom bortførte samme i 1807, by Rear Admiral P. Ramshart, published by Hof- og Universitetsbogtrykker E. U. H. Møller, Copenhagen, 1808.
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