HDMS Søormen was a 12-gun cutter of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy, built in 1789. After being captured by the British in 1808 she was added to the Royal Navy as HMS Salorman. She was wrecked in 1809.
The Spanish Division of the North sent to fight the British in Denmark pledging to turn against France and side with the British
Evacuation of La Romana's division
The evacuation of La Romana's division in August 1808 was a military operation in which a division of troops belonging to the Kingdom of Spain and commanded by Pedro Caro, Marquis of La Romana defected from the armies of the First French Empire. The Spanish troops were part of the Imperial forces in Denmark, which were under the leadership of Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte. Most of the Spanish troops were successfully evacuated by the British navy and shipped to Santander, Spain to fight against France in the Peninsular War.
El juramento de las tropas del Marqués de la Romana, by Manuel Castellano
A painting of Pedro Caro y Sureda.
Princesa Line Infantry Regt (left); Catalonia Light Infantry Regt (right)
Spanish troops under General La Romana embarking for Spain, 1808