HDMS Prinds Christian Frederik
 HDMS Prinds Christian Frederik is in the middle.
(Motif from the Battle of Zealand Point) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Denmark-Norway | |
| Name | HMS Prinds Christian Frederik |
| Namesake | Prince Christian Frederick |
| Builder | Hohlenberg, Orlogsværftet, Nyholm, Copenhagen |
| Launched | 6 October 1804 |
| In service | 1806 |
| Out of service | 21 March 1808 |
| Fate | Captured by Royal Navy |
| History | |
 UK | |
| Acquired | 21 March 1808 |
| Fate | Sunk in Action 23 March 1808 in the Battle of Zealand Point |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | 74-gun third-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 2.345 (bm) |
| Length | 53.6 m (176 ft) |
| Beam | 13.9 m (46 ft) |
| Depth of hold | 6.35 m (20.8 ft) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Crew | until 628 |
| Armament |
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HDMS Prinds Christian Frederik was a ship of the line in the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. The ship was built at Orlogsværftet on the islet of Nyholm off Copenhagen and was launched in October 1804.[1][2][3][Note 1]
In 1806 and parts of the following year, the ship operated as a training vessel in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
In the second half of 1807 the HDMS Prinds Christian Frederik was patrolling in Danish-Norwegian waters alongside the ship of the line HDMS Lovise Augusta. On September 18, a British naval force attacked the Eastern Port of Kristiansand where one of the intentions was to embark and capture the HDMS Prinds Christian Fredrik that was anchored there. After massive firefighting from the Christiansholm Fortress, the attack was reversed.[4]
At the beginning of 1808, HDMS Prinds Christian Frederik was in Norway to carry supplies to the Royal Dano-Norwegian Army. Despite illness aboard, and with a large part of the crew newly replaced, the ship was ordered in March to protect the transfer of troops over the Great Belt (Storebælt).[5]
On March 21, the ship was captured by a major British naval force during the Battle of Zealand Point.
On March 23, the captured HMS Prinds Christian Frederik was still firmly aground and set on fire by the British. When the fire reached the powder magazine the explosion destroyed the ship. 64 people died and 126 were injured.[1][2]
Notes
- ^ five technical drawings of this ship are available on-line at the Danish Naval Museum website (click vis)
References
- ^ a b c Danish Third Rate ship of the line 'Prinds Christian Frederik' (1804) threedecks.org (in English)
- ^ a b Orlogskibet Prinds Christian Frederik Dansk Militærhistorie (in Danish)
- ^ Record card for Prinds Christian Frederik
- ^ Kristiansands befestningers deltagelse i kamp under napoleonskrigene. Skrevet av oberst O. M. Calmeyer i 1925/1927 (in Norwegian)
- ^ Odsherred (Zealand Point District) local Danish website