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List of the Danish ships used to defend the shore at the battle of Copenhagen.
Ship |
Guns |
Description |
Fate |
Provesteen |
56 |
Three-decker, rasé, without masts |
Abandoned, taken, burnt |
Valkyrien |
48 |
Two-decker, without masts |
Abandoned, taken, burnt |
Rendsborg |
20 |
Masted cavalry transport |
Driven ashore, taken, burnt |
Nyborg |
20 |
Masted cavalry transport |
Escaped but sank |
Jylland |
48 |
Two-decker, without masts |
Taken and burnt |
Svaerdfisken |
20 |
Masted floating battery |
Taken and burnt |
| Kronborg | 22 | Frigate, without masts | Taken and burnt |
| Haien | 20 | Masted floating battery | Taken and burnt |
| Dannebrog | 62 | Dismantled two decker | Took fire and exploded |
| Elven | 6 | Sloop, rigged | Escaped |
| Gerner | 24 | Battery, without masts | Escaped |
| Aggershuus | 20 | Cavalry transport, without masts | Escaped but sank |
| Sjaelland | 74 | Two-decker, unrigged | Driven ashore, taken, burnt |
| Charlotte Amalie | 26 | Old Indiaman | Taken and burnt |
| Sohesten | 18 | Masted floating battery | Taken and burnt |
| Holsteen | 60 | Rigged line of battleship | Taken and added to the Navy |
| Infodstretten | 64 | Two-decker, without masts | Taken and burnt |
| Hjoelperen | 20 | Rigged frigate | Escaped |
Taken from Clowes, W. L., The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, Vol. IV, Sampson Low, Marston and Company, London, 1899
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