Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
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In the Battle of Copenhagen, also known as the First Battle of Copenhagen to distinguish it from the Second Battle of Copenhagen in 1807, a British naval fleet defeated a smaller force of the Royal Da
1806 painting of the battle
Where the Battle of Copenhagen harbour occurred in 1801, and where Roskildefjord is located. It could have been hazardous for the Royal Navy to sail into the fjord, which is very narrow
Sketch of the battle
The Battle of Copenhagen. Painting by Christian Mølsted. (view from a floating battery)
Vice-Admiral of the White Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte was a British Royal Navy officer whose leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics led to multiple decis
Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
…force of up to 123 ships of the line. The British fleet was under the command of Admiral of the White Sir Hyde Parker, with Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Horatio Nelson as his second-in-command. Frustrated by the delay, Nelson sent a letter to Captain Thomas Troubridge, a friend and a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty…
Portrait of Horatio Nelson by Lemuel Francis Abbott, 1799
The site of the rectory in Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk, where Nelson was born in 1758
Captain Horatio Nelson, painted by John Francis Rigaud in 1781, with Fort San Juan—the scene of his most notable achievement till then—in the background.
Nelson's wife, Lady Nelson, formerly Frances "Fanny" Nisbet of the island of Nevis, West Indies.