''Hielperen'' (or ''Hjelperen'') (literally: ''the Helper'') was a 16-gun defence
frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
in the
Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy
The history of the Danish navy began with the founding of a joint Dano-Norwegian navy on 10 August 1510, when King John appointed his vassal Henrik Krummedige to become "chief captain and head of all our captains, men and servants whom we now h ...
. Commissioned in 1787, she took part in the
Battle of Copenhagen on 2 April 1801 against the
British Royal Navy. During the battle, the ship had a crew of 269 sailors, six of whom wounded in the battle, and was commanded by
Lt. Peter-Carl Lilienskjöld.
The ship took a severe beating but the crew managed to cut the ship's cables and escape to the safety of
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
Harbour. The ship withdrew from combat at 1 PM. ''Hielperen'' served in the Danish Navy until 1806.
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Hielperen
1780s ships
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