HDMS Najaden (1811)
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HDMS Najaden was a frigate in the Royal Danish-Norwegian Navy. She was commissioned in 1811 and originally carried 36 guns, later being upgraded to 42. She served briefly during the Gunboat War only s
Fregatten Najaden, af H. Schiøler
Najaden on fire with her mast broken in the Battle of Lyngør, 1812.
Battle of Lyngør
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The Battle of Lyngør was fought on 6 July 1812 between the British and Dano-Norwegian navies as part of the Gunboat War. A British squadron of one ship of the line and three brig-sloops under James St
HDMS Najaden (1811)
…only seeing action once, when on 6 July 1812 the British ship of the line HMS Dictator and the Cruizer-class brig-sloop HMS Calypso sank her during the Battle of Lyngør. The Battle of Lyngør effectively ended Denmark's involvement in the Napoleonic Wars. During their occupation of Copenhagen in 1807, British forces…
1816 illustration of the battle
Memorial to the battle's casualties