| Action of 2 March 1808 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Gunboat Wars | |||||||
 HMS Sappho capturing the Danish brig Admiral Jawl, Francis Sartorius | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom |
 Denmark–Norway | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 George Langford |
Jørgen Jørgensen | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1 brig-sloop | 1 brig | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2 wounded[1] |
1 killed 2 wounded 1 brig captured[1] | ||||||
The action of 2 March 1808 was a minor naval battle between the Royal Navy's 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop HMS Sappho, and the 28-gun, Danish two-decker brig Admiral Yawl, during the Gunboat War. Sappho, under the command of Captain George Langford, discovered and chased Admiral Yawl, which was steering a course to intercept several merchant vessels to leeward. After a short engagement Sappho captured Admiral Yawl, commanded by Jørgen Jørgensen.[1]
Admiral Yawl (her actual name was Admiral Juel), appears in references under a variety of names including Admiral Yorol and Admiral Juul. No ship of this name is recorded as having been commissioned in the Royal Danish Navy[2] (nor by her previous French name of Christine Henrietta), although four ships of more modern time have been named for Niels Juel[3] who was an admiral in the late seventeenth century. The ship Admiral Juel in this engagement was a merchant ship turned privateer.[4] Her commander Jørgen Jørgensen (or Jürgensen) is not included in Topsøe-Jensen's work on Danish Naval officers, or in Project Runeberg/DBL.