THE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN

2nd. April 1801

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THE BRITISH FLEET

Battle of Copenhagen 1801

Battle of Copenhagen 1801

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

 

 

Amazon (38) Captain Edward Riou
Desiree (36) Captain Henry Inman
Blanche (36) Captain Graham Hammond
Alcmene (32) Captain Samuel Sutton
Jamaica (24) Captain Jonas Rose

SLOOPS

Arrow (12) Commander William Rose
Dart (12) Commander John Devonshire

BRIGS

 

 

Cruiser (18) Commander James Brisbane
Harpy (18) Commander William Birchall

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

 

 

Zephyr Commander Clotworthy Upton
Otter Commander George McKinley
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.

 

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