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Willemoes, Peter

Personal Information

Full Name:

Peter Willemoes

Date of Birth:

May 11, 1783

Lieutenant Peter Willemoes

Place of Birth:

Assens

Family
Relations:

Son of Christen Willemoes and wife Christiane, born Dreyer

Marriage:

Unmarried

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Promotions

Date:

Promotion:

1795

Naval Cadet

August 29, 1800

Sub Lieutenant

May 1, 1807

Lieutenant

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Orders, Decorations & Distinctions

Date:

Orders, Decorations & Distinction:

April 2, 1802

Commemorative Medal for the Battle of Copenhagen April 2, 1801

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Military Service

Date:

Service:

March 1800
- April 1800

On the ship-of-the-line DANMARK

1800

On the ship-of-the-line PRINSESSE LOVISA AUGUSTA

March 25, 1801
- April 3, 1801

CO of Gerner's "Flådebatteri Nr. 1" (Floating battery)

April 5, 1801
- May 14, 1801

CO of Gerner's "Flådebatteri Nr. 1" (Floating battery)

1801

1st officer on the schooner MERCURIUS

1802-1803

On the frigate ROTA to the Mediterranean

1804

On the ship-of-the-line NEPTUNUS

July 29, 1805

Ordered to assistant Captain Lorentz Fisker on making sail standards of reference on different gun boats

October 1805

On the ship-of-the-line SEJEREN in troop transports

June 3, 1806
- July 4, 1806

Ordered to take the pilot boat HØGEN from Copenhagen to the island of Fanø

September 1807

Commanded the troop transports between Langeland and Lolland

December 25, 1807
- March 22, 1808

On the ship-of-the-line PRINDS CHRISTIAN FREDERIK

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Other Achievements

Date:

Achievement:

1801

Received a Sword of Honor from ladies in Kiel for his duties during the Battle of Copenhagen April 2, 1801

May 1, 1807
- August 1807

In Russian service

January 2, 1808

Willemoes was recognized a honorable recommendation for his duties at the troop transports between Langeland and Lolland

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Additional Comments

None

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Death

Date:

Cemetery:

March 22, 1808

Was killed in the Battle at Sjællands Odde and buried at the Odden Cemetery.

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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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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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