''Søehesten'' ("The Seahorse") was an 18-gun barge (in
Danish
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: ''defensionspram'') of 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 1795.
During the
Battle of Copenhagen on 2 April 1801, it was commanded by Lieutenant (Danish: ''Premierløjtnant'') B. U. Middelboe
[Topsøe-Jensen Vol 2 page 189] with a complement of 178 sailors. 12 of the ship's crew were killed in the battle, and 21 wounded. The ship struck its colours at 14.30.
References
Citations
*T. A. Topsøe-Jensen og Emil Marquard (1935) “Officerer i den dansk-norske Søetat 1660-1814 og den danske Søetat 1814-1932" (Danish Naval Officers)
External links
Source
Barges of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy
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