The Battle of Zealand Point was a naval battle of the English Wars and the Gunboat War. Ships of the Danish and British navies fought off Zealand Point on 22 March 1808; the battle was a British victory. Peter Willemoes was among the Danish casualties,
Battle of Zealand Point, A.G. Gross
Casper Butty: Battle of Zealand Point.
Memorial in Odden churchyard
Close-up of the plaque on the memorial in Odden churchyard
The Gunboat War was a naval conflict between Denmark–Norway and Great Britain supported by Sweden during the Napoleonic Wars. The war's name is derived from the Danish tactic of employing small gunboats against the materially superior Royal Navy. In Scandinavia it is seen as the later stage of the English Wars, whose commencement is accounted as the First Battle of Copenhagen in 1801.
Danish privateers intercepting an enemy vessel during the Napoleonic Wars, a painting by Christian Mølsted depicting an unspecified engagement in the Gunboat War
Danish shallop gunboat
The British bombardment of Copenhagen in September 1807
An illustration of the Battle of Zealand Point.