<Copenhagen>

THE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN

2nd. April 1801

THE BRITISH FLEET

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SHIPS of the LINE (Guns)

Elephant (74)*	Captain Thomas Foley Captain Thomas Hardy (as volunteer)

*Defiance* *(74)*	Captain Richard Retallick

*Edgar (74)*	Captain George Murray

*Monarch (74)*	Captain James Mosse

*Bellona (74)*	Captain Thomas Thompson

*Ganges(74)***	Captain Thomas Fremantle

*Russell (74)*	Captain William Cuming

*Agamemnon (64)*	Captain Robert Fancourt

*Ardent (64)*	Captain Thomas Bertie

*Polyphemus (64)*	Captain John Lawford

*Glatton (50)*	Captain William Bligh

*Isis* *(50)*	Captain James Walker

FRIGATES

SLOOPS

BRIGS

BOMB SHIPS

*Discovery*	Commander John Conn

*Explosion*	Commander John Martin

*Hecla*	Commander Richard Hatherill

*Sulphur*	Commander Hender Witter

*Terror*	Commander Samuel Rowley

*Volcano*	Commander James Watson

*Zebra*	Commander Edward Clay

FIRE SHIPS

THE COMMANDERS

Admiral Sir Hyde Parker

Commander-in-Chief, Baltic Fleet.

HMS London (not engaged)

Vice Admiral Lord Nelson KB

Second in Command, Baltic Fleet

Commanded the Fleet Action at Copenhagen

HMS Elephant

Rear Admiral Thomas Graves

Third in Command, Baltic Fleet

Second in Command at the Fleet Action

HMS Defiance

Notes:

Captains Foley, Hardy, and Thompson had served under Nelson at The Battle of The Nile, 1st. August 1798.

Captain William Bligh had resumed service following his acquittal by Court Martial over the Bounty mutiny.