Prinds Christian Frederik

Scuttled

Royal Danish Navy

Type	Ship of the line
War	Gunboat War

The last Danish ship of the line, away in Norway when the British carried off the fleet in 1807. Caught off Zealand Point on 22 March 1808 by Nassau and Stately, she fought until she ran aground and struck; Peter Willemoes, the hero of the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801, was killed aboard her. The British burned the wreck the next day.

Akvarel af A.G. Gross: linjeskibet PRINDS CHRISTIAN FREDERIK i kamp mod engelske skibe under slaget ved Sjællands Odde 1808. Det var under dette slag at helten fra Slaget på Reden Peter Willemoes mistede livet, da en kanonkugle ramte ham i hovedet. Affotograferet i 2008. Photo: A.G. Gross, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

Lower gundeck: 28 × 24-pounder guns
Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
QD: 18 × 8-pounder guns

Builder	Hohlenberg, Orlogsværftet, Nyholm, Copenhagen
Launched	6 October 1804
Length	53.6 m (176 ft)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

6 October 1804

Battle of Zealand Point

Scuttled

22 March 1808

Carl Wilhelm Jessen; Peter Willemoes killed